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Manhandle   Listen
verb
Manhandle  v. t.  (past & past part. manhandled; pres. part. manhandling)  
1.
To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.
2.
To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled.





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"Manhandle" Quotes from Famous Books



... got me, the old sinner," said Dunne. "Now he'll be good till next time. You miserable, imitation bad horse, some day I'll manhandle you." ...
— Desert Conquest - or, Precious Waters • A. M. Chisholm
... Endeavoring to manhandle our clumsy breaker, and lift it into the boat, we found, that by reason of the intervention of the shrouds, it could not be done without, risking a jar; besides straining the craft in lowering. An expedient, however, though at the eleventh hour, was hit upon. ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) • Herman Melville


Words linked to "Manhandle" :   palm, handle


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