"handblow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handblows [plural]
Etymology: From hand + blow. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|blow}} hand + blow Head templates: {{en-noun}} handblow (plural handblows)
  1. A blow struck with the hand.
    Sense id: en-handblow-en-noun-Dk4yE7kp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951, John Dickson Carr, The Devil in Velvet, page 32",
          "text": "\"I have much of moment to do,\" he said. The strong, harsh tone struck the servant like a handblow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A blow struck with the hand."
      ],
      "id": "en-handblow-en-noun-Dk4yE7kp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handblow"
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hand + blow.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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