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Definition of Black hand

1. Noun. A secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Hand

Literary usage of Black hand

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

1. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"The Crimson Scorpion of the South—Glooms—Change of Scene—The Voice—The Form —The Car—The Red Hand—The black hand—The Victims—The Branded Hand—The High ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1917)
"Mr. Woods became commissioner early in 1914; and he has since given particular attention to black hand crime. So successful has been the policy adopted of ..."

3. All Adventure: Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"THE black hand In due course we left Lamu, and ten days afterwards we found ourselves at a spot called Charra, on the Tana River, having gone through many ..."

4. The Anarchists, Their Faith and Their Record, Including Sidelights on the by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1911)
"... The so-called " black hand " Conspiracy in Andalusia—Seven Executions—Revolutionary Troubles in Italy and the Triple Alliance—Dynamite Outrages in Great ..."

5. Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil (1921)
"MY absolute conviction that no one in the world owned a faster horse than "Black Hand Tom," my father's favorite, earned me my first visit to Swaziland. ..."

6. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"The Crimson Scorpion of the South—Glooms—Change of Scene—The Voice—The Form —The Car—The Red Hand—The black hand—The Victims—The Branded Hand—The High ..."

7. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1917)
"Mr. Woods became commissioner early in 1914; and he has since given particular attention to black hand crime. So successful has been the policy adopted of ..."

8. All Adventure: Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"THE black hand In due course we left Lamu, and ten days afterwards we found ourselves at a spot called Charra, on the Tana River, having gone through many ..."

9. The Anarchists, Their Faith and Their Record, Including Sidelights on the by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1911)
"... The so-called " black hand " Conspiracy in Andalusia—Seven Executions—Revolutionary Troubles in Italy and the Triple Alliance—Dynamite Outrages in Great ..."

10. Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil (1921)
"MY absolute conviction that no one in the world owned a faster horse than "Black Hand Tom," my father's favorite, earned me my first visit to Swaziland. ..."

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