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manhandle

Today it means: To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles. Full definition →

Middle English manne-handlen

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Middle English · inherited frommanne-handlen
English todaymanhandle

From Middle English manne-handlen, man handelen, equivalent to man (“male person”) + handle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.