"fourhanded" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From four + handed.",
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          "ref": "1790, Goldsmith, History of Earth, volume iv, page 242:",
          "text": "To these fourhanded animals of the ancient continent, we may add the fourhanded animals of the new, that use their hands like the former, as well as their tails, and that fill up the chasm between the monkey tribe and the lower orders of the forest.",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Sushil Kumar Patel, Hinduism in India: A Study of Visnu Worship, page 146:",
          "text": "Here, fourhanded Visnu is seen seated on Garuda who has a human body with curly hair and leaf-like feathers.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Having four hands; quadrumanous."
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          "_dis1": "71 25 4",
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          "sense": "having four hands",
          "word": "nelikätinen"
        }
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          "ref": "2002, Jürgen Müller, Movies of the 80s, →ISBN, page 538:",
          "text": "Their fourhanded swing number on the piano is one of the most beautiful moments in a film that has no shortage of beautiful moments to offer.",
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        "Requiring four hands."
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          "sense": "requiring four hands",
          "word": "nelikätinen"
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          "sense": "requiring four hands",
          "word": "a quattro mani"
        }
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          "ref": "2003, William E. Simon, Gerald R. Ford, George P. Shultz, A Time for Reflection: An Autobiography, →ISBN, page 41:",
          "text": "If, for instance, a fourhanded, $100 million deal was reached, every member would be in for $25 million in bonds.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "a fourhanded card game"
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        "Requiring or involving four people."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "requiring or involving four people",
          "word": "neljän hengen"
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  "etymology_text": "From four + handed.",
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        },
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        "Requiring four hands."
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          "text": "a fourhanded card game"
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    {
      "word": "four-handed"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having four hands",
      "word": "nelikätinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "requiring four hands",
      "word": "nelikätinen"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "requiring four hands",
      "word": "a quattro mani"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "requiring or involving four people",
      "word": "neljän hengen"
    }
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  "word": "fourhanded"
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