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Backhand   Listen
noun
Backhand  n.  
1.
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
2.
(Sports) The stroke of a ball with a racket or paddle, in which head of the racket starts from the side of the body opposite to that of the arm in which the racket is held, and proceeds forward to meet the ball. Contrasted with forehand.





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"Backhand" Quotes from Famous Books



... headed "St. Joe, Missouri," and addressed to the editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and a large number of sheets, closely written in a backhand, was signed "Yours truly, Jim Cummings." It stated, in substance, that the robbery had been carefully planned some time before the occurrence. That entrance had been gained to the express car by the presentation of a forged order from Route ...
— Jim Cummings • Frank Pinkerton


Words linked to "Backhand" :   hit, left-slanting, two-handed backhand, handwriting, forehand, backhanded, backhand stroke, backhand drive


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