hand-shaker

A form of handshaker — One who gives a handshake.

Meanings

nounhand-shaker (plural hand-shakers)

plural hand-shakers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of handshaker.

    In general, the American is a great and indiscriminate hand-shaker.

    1996, Gunnar Myrdal, An American Dilemma, Volume 2: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, →ISBN
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    Why, a hand-shake, if it's done in the right way, will send a current of warm cheer rippling through the entire day of both parties, both of the hand-shaker and the hand-shaken.

    1894, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, New Outlook - Volume 49, page 706

    When confronted with a death-grip hand-shaker, the cop had told Harrow, just extend your forefinger.

    2010, Max Allan Collins, You Can't Stop Me, →ISBN

    He was more comfortable behind the scenes, he admitted, writing articles, drafting speeches for others. “I don't really have what it takes to be a hand-shaker or a baby-kisser,” he said.

    2013, Tracy Daugherty, The Boy Orator: A Novel, →ISBN
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APA

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Chicago

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