Double-handling

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Noun
  1. 1
    The handling of anything more than once, e.g. goods in transit. uncountable

    "It is essential under present-day labour costs to eliminate the double-handling which enters into every railway journey for miscellaneous merchandise."

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"It is essential under present-day labour costs to eliminate the double-handling which enters into every railway journey for miscellaneous merchandise."

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