single-handed

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See also: singlehanded and single handed

English

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Adjective

single-handed (not comparable)

  1. Without help from others; unassisted.
    • 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 280:
      It worked through from Swindon with a test train of 16 coaches and the new W.R. dynamometer car, the whole totalling 571 tons; this is one of the heaviest trains ever worked by a single-handed locomotive over the South Devon banks—in fact, it was competently restarted from a test stop on Dainton bank.
  2. Using only one hand.
  3. Designed for only one hand.

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Adverb

single-handed (not comparable)

  1. In a single-handed manner.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 21:
      "Got those [sc. scars] with a broken bottle, arresting two toughs at once," he said, replacing his cap. "Run them in single-handed and had a set-to in the cell with them on top of it."

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Verb

single-handed

  1. simple past and past participle of single-hand

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