"grass hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grass hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grass hand (plural grass hands)
  1. (printing, archaic) An additional worker taken on at busy times. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-grass_hand-en-noun-DbRxq6tk Topics: media, printing, publishing
  2. (dated) Grass script; caoshu. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Calligraphy
    Sense id: en-grass_hand-en-noun-J8cOpYnO Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66

Inflected forms

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