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longhand

[lawng-hand, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌhænd, ˈlɒŋ- /
NOUN
hand
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The high-school dropout read urban crime fiction, then wrote his own stories longhand in notebooks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Put to task by Aboriginal elders, her job was to take down their every word in longhand.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

But starting in the late 1990s, Streisand began writing down memories — in longhand, because she couldn’t type.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2023

She started making notes - writing longhand, in pencil - in 1999.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2023

Back East, Malcolm X carefully read and then signed the publication contract, and he withdrew from his wallet a piece of paper filled with his sprawling longhand.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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