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Definition of "running hand" [running hand]

  • Handwriting done rapidly without lifting the pen from the paper. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "running hand" in a sentence
  • "This they undertook to do, by main strength and sweat, running hand over hand the float-line of a net."
  • "The Shikastah (broken hand) everywhere represents our running hand and becomes a hard task to the reader."