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Meaning of "lone hand" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONE HAND

lone hand play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONE HAND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lone hand is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LONE HAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lone hand in the English dictionary

The definition of lone hand in the dictionary is an independent player or hand played without a partner.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONE HAND

lone
lone father
lone mother
lone pair
lone parent
lone star state
lone wolf
lone-parent family
lonelier
loneliest
lonelily
loneliness
lonely
lonely hearts
lonely hearts ad
lonely hearts club
lonely hearts column
loneness
loner
lonesome

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONE HAND

a free hand
a heavy hand
at first hand
at hand
at second hand
by hand
come to hand
first hand
from hand to hand
hand
hand in hand
hat in hand
helping hand
in hand
on hand
out of hand
second hand
take in hand
the upper hand
to hand
upper hand

Synonyms and antonyms of lone hand in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lone hand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONE HAND

Find out the translation of lone hand to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lone hand from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lone hand» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

孤独的手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mano solitaria
570 millions of speakers

English

lone hand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अकेला हाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جهة وحيدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одинокий рука
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mão solitário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একাকী হাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

main solitaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan tunggal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lone Hand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

孤独な手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외로운 손
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tangan lone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tay duy nhất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனி கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकमेव हात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yalnız el
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mano solitario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samotny rękę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Одинокий рука
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mână singuratic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοναχικός χέρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eensaam hand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lone handen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lone hånd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lone hand

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONE HAND»

The term «lone hand» is normally little used and occupies the 138.910 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONE HAND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lone hand» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lone hand» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lone hand

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONE HAND»

Discover the use of lone hand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lone hand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lone Hand:
KUDOS FOR LONE HAND In Lone Hand by John Gorman, Lucas Browne, a New York public defender, gets his life turned upsidedown whenhis father askshim for help fighting a mining combine that wants to strip mine his farm...he discovers ...
John Gorman, 2013
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The Philosophy Of Right And Left: Incongruent Counterparts ...
Kant's thought experiment requires that the lone hand exemplify one of the properties 'being right- shaped' or 'being left-shaped'. But Remnant has shown that we could not even in principle determine which property it has unless we have ...
J. van Cleve, R.E Frederick, 1991
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Everywhere and Everywhen : Adventures in Physics and ...
And so, he concluded, the difference between being left and being right for the lone hand is not extrinsic; it is intrinsic. But this objection is not fatal to the fitting account. The logical conclusion of the fitting theory is that in such a universe, since ...
Nick Huggett Professor of Philosophy University of Illinois Chicago, 2010
4
Federalism in Canada and Australia: The Early Years
46 The Lone Hand's "American Fleet Number" sported a full-colour cover showing a great white ship flying "old Glory" ploughing through blue seas.“ From the troubled sky a great white hand opens, offering the ship as a good and wonderful ...
Bruce Hodgins, Don Wright, Welf Heick, 2010
5
Impact of the Modern: Vernacular Modernities in Australia ...
27–28, 30; 1 May 1917, pp. 27–30, 49–54; 1 September 1917, pp. 23–26; Zora Cross, Lone Hand, November 1917, pp. 475–476; Theatre, 1 March 1917, pp. 26 –30; 1 November 1917, pp. 9, 23– 26. 55Fitzi Remont, [Bennett-Niblo marriage],  ...
Robert Dixon, Veronica Kelly, 2008
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The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection
And every man in Ballarat raised all he could command To put on Tommy Corrigan when riding old Lone Hand. But now we'll keep his memory green while horsemen come and go, We may not see his like again where silks and satins glow; ...
David John Headon, Headon, David (ed.), 2001
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To play a lone hand 1915 I didn't blame Scudder for wanting to play a lone hand. (p. 37) 1915 "The trouble about him was his partiality for playing a lone hand." (p. 84) Buchan, John. The Thirty-Nine Steps. 1915. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919 ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Hoyles Card Games
If, however, B has enough to prevent a lone hand, he should pass, and await the result. The Right Bower, or the Left Bower guarded, is sufficient to block a lone hand. The elder hand is the only one who should order up at the bridge, for if he ...
L. Dawson, 2013
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LIFE
A. LONE-HAND. JEWELER. HOLDS. BIGGEST. U.S.. COLLECTION. OF. FINE. GEMS. by. Herbert. Brean. THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY RCA was a ...
10
East by South: China in the Australasian Imagination
... Imagination Charles Ferrall, Paul Millar, Keren Smith. Mark Williams Sentimental Racism The October 1st 1909 issue of the Sydney publication The Lone Hand includes a sentimental poem about a sick child by 'K.M. Beauchamp' ( Stone 19).
Charles Ferrall, Paul Millar, Keren Smith, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONE HAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lone hand is used in the context of the following news items.
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Power still searching for four-quarter performance - AFL.com.au
But he played a lone hand with Adelaide dominating the midfield thanks to a wonderful performance by ruckman Sam Jacobs, Phil Walsh ... «AFL.com.au, Jul 15»
2
King injured in Keysborough win | Herald Sun
Trevor Kumetaitis played a lone hand up forward for the Tunners, booting five of their eight goals, while Josh Hammill, Matt Jamieson and ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
3
Scotland trounce Oman, Namibia hammer Papua New Guinea
Aamir Kaleem (59) played a lone hand, stroking five fours and three sixes in his 47-ball innings but it was never going to be enough as Oman ... «Cricket World, Jul 15»
4
Bangladesh crush South Africa in 3rd ODI to claim series win
Once Miller and Ferhaan Behardien were dismissed, Duminy was left to play a lone hand and the fact that they finished nine wickets down, ... «TheSportsCampus.com, Jul 15»
5
Rising stars to watch from development series
... to score as freely and were restricted to just 156 all out in the first match, captain Ben Abbatangelo playing a lone hand with his 39 off 47. «cricket.com.au, Jul 15»
6
Kedar Jadhav, Bowlers Take India To 3-0 Series Victory
For the second time in 3 days, Chamu Chibhabha played a lone hand for Zimbabwe. After the early dismissal of Hamilton Masakadza, ... «Sports Rediscovered, Jul 15»
7
Real or fake? Man retrieves keys locked in vehicle by reaching up …
But while the sight of the lone hand feeling its way around the car is amusing - with many viewers commenting that it resembles Thing from the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Ultimate Footy: Four Rs Round 14
In only his second game back from injury, Ablett played almost a lone hand against the Dogs, getting 24 kicks, 6 tackles and a goal on his way ... «The Age, Jul 15»
9
West Coast making their home a fortress once again
West Coast's only midfield resistance was offered by Crows star Patrick Dangerfield, who virtually played a lone hand. Stand-in Adelaide coach ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Oakworth's second string are not second rate
... was very much a lone hand as Haworth West End lost by 101 runs at Baildon Bottom, Ali Asghar starring for Meths with 100 not out and 3-17. «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»

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