"handback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handbacks [plural]
Etymology: Presumably from the verb hand + back Etymology templates: {{af|en|hand|back}} hand + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} handback (plural handbacks)
  1. The act of handing something back.

Inflected forms

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