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"back-hander" Definition

  1. a blow on the face with the back of the hand, a back-handed tip. Also a drink out of turn, as when a greedy person delays the decanter to get a second glass. Anything done slyly or secretly is said to be done in a back-handed manner.

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Position in the dictionary: 68 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: backer, backslums, bacon, bad, bad egg, bad lot, bad words, badger, badminton, baffaty
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