Meanings
noungrass hand (plural grass hands)
plural grass hands
- archaicmediaAn additional worker taken on at busy times.
A dispute has arisen on the "Referee" owing to some men holding full frames working as grass hands on Saturday afternoons.
The Printing Review (page 112)1 more example
Some strong criticism was expressed at the present practice of taking on grass hands, and the inconvenience and unpleasantness resulting from it in various foundries.
1921, British and Colonial Printer and Stationer: And Newspaper Press - datedGrass script; caoshu.
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grass hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20hand
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“grass hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20hand. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grass hand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20hand.
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