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-handed suffix denotes the specific or general size of a gang when combined with a unit of measurement, e.g. two-, ten-, mob-handed UK- “They’re here!” they gasped, almost disbelievingly. “How many?” “Forty-handed at least.” — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 199, 1999
- [R]eal villains and gangsters don’t consider themselves villains and gangsters, and don’t go around “firm-handed” showing they are hard. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 4, 1999
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