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four-handed

four-handed

See also: fourhanded

English

Adjective

four-handed (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of fourhanded (Having four hands).
    • 2013, Jules Verne, The Collected Works Of Jules Verne, ISBN 162793880X:
      Of these various four-handed animals, the most remarkable are decidedly the "gueribas," with curling tails and a face like Beelzebub.
    • 2003, Mahendra Narayan Behera, Brownstudy on Heathenland: A Book on Indology, ISBN 0761826521, page 83:
      The four-handed human form of gods and goddesses is the second stage of evolution in idolatry according to the need of devotees.
  2. Alternative form of fourhanded (Requiring four hands.)
    • 2014, Mary Jo Putney, Not Quite a Wife, ISBN 1420127195:
      I'd almost forgotten, but your first arrangements were creating four-handed pieces we could play together.
  3. Alternative form of fourhanded (Requiring or involving four people).
    • 2011, Alec Waugh, Brief Encounter, ISBN 1448202132:
      She was about to ask him if he had ever played four-handed chess.