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handshaker

[hand-shay-ker] / ˈhændˌʃeɪ kər /




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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

Like most Austrians he is a politely limp handshaker, but to hearty knuckle-grinders he can return a grip of steel.

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

A tireless public speaker, an able bowler, a backslapping handshaker, he has run for ten offices without tasting defeat.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman


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