handshaker

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But as an avid handshaker and something of an expert on the subject, I have to second the good doctor’s prescription.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020

Edwin Benjamin Reeser, head of Barnsdall Corp., a Tulsa independent oil company, president of the American Petroleum Institute, and a great handshaker, was ready to lead the oil industry into the conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the five weeks since carrying the New Hampshire primary, he had proved himself a truly magnificent handshaker, fried chicken eater, baby admirer, Kiwanis hypnotizer and a past master of the big platitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although he is an effusive greeter, a vigorous handshaker and an. expert at the Indiana political massage,* he has a tendency toward bluntness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman