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LITTLE HAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours
Synonyms:
hour hand; little hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("little hand" is a kind of...):
hand (a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece)
Context examples:
They are very pretty, but I think you're rather too young for such ornaments, Amy, said Mrs. March, looking at the plump little hand, with the band of sky-blue stones on the forefinger, and the quaint guard formed of two tiny golden hands clasped together.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth lay on her sofa, talking cheerily with her old friend, who held her little hand as if he felt that it possessed the power to lead him along the peaceful way she walked.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
