Definition of Hand over fist

1. Adverb. At a tremendous rate. "Made money hand over fist"

Definition of Hand over fist

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Quickly or in great quantity, especially in reference to earning money.'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand Over Fist

hand jobs
hand line
hand log
hand lotion
hand luggage
hand made
hand mirror
hand mower
hand net
hand off
hand on a plate
hand organ
hand out
hand over
hand over fist (current term)
hand pay
hand pie
hand pile
hand plant
hand press
hand presses
hand pump
hand puppet
hand puppets
hand ratio
hand round
hand saw
hand saws
hand shandies

Literary usage of Hand over fist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"Hand over Fist.—(See " Hand over Hand.") Hand over Hand.—Hauling on a rope by one hand at a time and passing one hand rapidly over the other to haul. ..."

2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1895)
"Now, “Ah-seek” having no power over the old lady, she took hold of the upheld arm and pulled them out one by one, hand over fist, until they were all out. ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"So I e'en hauled him upon the sag of it, hand over fist — a vara welcome recruit when I'd tilted the salt watter oot of him: for, by the way, ..."

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