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Definition of Manhandled
1. manhandle [v] - See also: manhandle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manhandled
Literary usage of Manhandled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Silencing a People: The Destruction of Civil Society in Haiti by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), National Coalition for Haitian Refugees (1993)
"They forced open the door of the file cabinet and manhandled the presbytery guard.
II. ... Handcuffed, manhandled and held several days at the National ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In two minutes [they] urn so mauled and manhandled that It was reported aft.
The Century, XXXI. 906. man-hater (man'hu'tér), я. 1. ..."
3. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"Art: let it be understood at the outset that I shall try to use this much-abused
word in its true sense; or rather, since it has been manhandled so ..."
4. The Land of Little Rain by Mary Hunter Austin (1903)
"... will eat of any other animal's kill, but will not ordinarily touch what dies
of itself, and are exceedingly shy of food that has been manhandled. ..."
5. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"After he had manhandled the hobo, he started him out of town with a promise of
worse if he ever saw him again. Jeff Carr knew the game. ..."
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