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glad hand

noun 2
glad-hand verb 2
forms 4

noun2

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A warm welcome offered to a guest by a host.
- And with that he gave me the "glad hand" and a pat on the shoulder. — 1917
A coupling device used on semi-trailer trucks for attaching air brake lines from the tractor to the trailer.

glad-hand verb2

To extend a glad hand (to someone); to welcome warmly.
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To be overly friendly with (a stranger) in order to gain an advantage.
- Not in many a moon had he glad-handed so many people. […] The President, in fact, behaved noticeably like a candidate for reelection. — 1948

forms

glad-handed · glad-handing · glad-hands · glad hands

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