note of hand

Example Sentences

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And if you are so delicate, you can give me your note of hand.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

If the owner timidly asked for a note of hand, the officer turned short round and shouted in his face: "I told you to bring me this at ten o'clock."

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle

Perhaps, if you had had strength and spirits enough, you would have felt offended by my offering a note of hand, or rather expressed it.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

Why is a note of hand like a rosebud?

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

We had been told that every baby was entitled to a litre of milk, which one of the farmers of the village would deliver to the mother on presentation of a note of hand.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle