note of hand
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I knew very well that a tidy wench would be more apt to get hold of my carefully guarded note of hand than would any of my brawling comrades.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by M?r J?kai
"I have come," the visitor repeated, "to collect a note of hand for three thousand francs, due to-morrow; but to-morrow being a holiday, it falls due the day before."
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Charles Paul de Kock
I'll bet my soul you've lent him a few hundred rupees, and then taken a note of hand for three thousand!
From Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
The farmer, after a moment's hesitation, dared to pronounce, too, the words "note of hand."
From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta
No note of hand is ever exchanged, but the security of a substantial house-keeper is taken, who is termed “wás.”
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
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