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Definition of Handpicks
1. handpick [v] - See also: handpick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handpicks
Literary usage of Handpicks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. You'll Learn Not to Cry: Child Combatants in Colombia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Sebastian Brett (2003)
"The commander handpicks a group to carry out the sentence. The child, hands tied
by nylon cord, is taken beyond the camp's perimeter and made to wait while ..."
2. The Lake-dwellings of Europe: Being the Rhind Lectures in Archaeology for 1888 by Robert Munro (1890)
"I am of opinion that all these perforated hone implements were simply warlike
weapons. Three handpicks, made from the ..."
3. Early Drawing and Illuminations: An Introduction to the Study of Illustrated ...by Walter de Gray Birch by Walter de Gray Birch (1879)
"2453 handpicks 20 Av, ff. 20, 70 Ъ HANNAH Nero С iv, f. 8 Prayer of Harl. 4381, f.
117 iE ix, f. 64 HANGING See EXECUTIONS. HANNIBAL Harl. 4374, f. ..."
4. The Catskills Alive! by Francine Silverman (2003)
"The executive chef handpicks the wines and nightly specials are often paired with
a suggested wine. We dined there on a Friday night, when live jazz is ..."
5. Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland by Wellwood H. Maxwell (1863)
"These stones were removed by handpicks and crowbars to the depth of 10 inches,
which left a clear furrow for the next ploughing. ..."
6. Across Newfoundland with the Governor: A Visit to Our Mining Region; and by Moses Harvey (1879)
"When we reached the spot where they had landed we saw the Governor and his men
eagerly at work on the face of a shelving cliff, with handpicks and hammers, ..."
7. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume I of IIby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Without constant seepage, the water table dropped to levels out of reach of wells
dug with handpicks and shovels. So basically the populace of thirty ..."
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