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Single-handed

adj, adv, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Without help from others; unassisted. not-comparable

    "It worked through from Swindon with a test train of 16 coaches and the new W.R. dynamometer car, the whole totalling 571 tons; this is one of the heaviest trains ever worked by a single-handed locomotive over the South Devon banks—in fact, it was competently restarted from a test stop on Dainton bank."

  2. 2
    Using only one hand. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Designed for only one hand. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    without help from others wordnet
  2. 2
    unsupported by other people wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a single-handed manner. not-comparable

    ""Got those [sc. scars] with a broken bottle, arresting two toughs at once," he said, replacing his cap. "Run them in single-handed and had a set-to in the cell with them on top of it.""

Adverb
  1. 1
    without assistance wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of single-hand form-of, participle, past

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