hander
hander — noun
1. a sharp blow to the hand, usually given as a quick punishment or in a scuffle
a sharp blow to the hand, usually given as a quick punishment or in a scuffle
Keiko received a stinging hander when she reached into the dark cupboard too fast.
The old teacher gave Fatima a quick hander with a ruler for talking in class.
hander + with + instrument for classroom punishment
Dmitri's brother dealt him a playful hander after losing the card game.
The headmistress gave Javier a sharp hander for drawing on the desk during lessons.
Kwame yelped as the angry cat gave him a sharp hander and ran off.
用法筆記
Rare and somewhat dated; most common in 19th- and early-20th-century writing. Distinguish from sense 2, which names a tobacco-industry job rather than a strike.
常見錯誤
2. a tobacco-warehouse worker who passes tied bundles of cured leaves to the barrel
a tobacco-warehouse worker who passes tied bundles of cured leaves to the barrel-press operator
Suresh worked as a hander, feeding bundles of tobacco leaves to the press operator.
worked as a hander — occupational noun usage
The old hander had spent forty summers passing tied bundles to the press operator in the warehouse.
Amara's grandfather was a hander at the Virginia tobacco warehouse before the war.
Each hander passed five bundles a minute to the press operator working the large barrel press.
- tobacco handler
modern, general term covering any leaf-handling role, not just the historical prizer-assistant position
用法筆記
Historical term from the 19th-century American tobacco trade; now obsolete outside historical writing. 'Tobacco hand' refers to a bundle of cured leaves tied together for packing.