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handle
noun- a name, a nickname US, 1837
- [I]t was so irreverent, so aw-go-to-hell, that I seized it as my handle. — Earl Wilson, I am Gazing Into My 8-Ball, p. 12, 1945
- That place never did have a name–we forgot to think one up ahead of time, and after our gala opening we never had time to hang a handle on it. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 86, 1946
- You had room for all the rest. First name, middle name, last–the whole damned handle. — Jim Thompson, A Swell-Looking Babe, p. 85, 1954
- Two of them go as Morgan and Walker. I don’t know the slim stud’s handle. — Chester Himes, A Rage in Harlem, p. 74, 1957
- [T]hey even had the class to pick one of the most righteous handles of all time: the Troggs. — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, p. 53, 1971
- “I read you wall to wall. What did you say your handle was?” — E.M. Corder, Citizens Band, p. 9, 1977
- Here’s what a guy who goes by the chick-magnet Net handle of “Wampa-One” thinks about Bluntman and Chronic. — Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, p. 20, 2001
- a self-attributed identity used on citizens’ band radio US, 1974
- There are no rules about choosing a handle. — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 14, 1981
- a big nose US, 1750
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 12, 1945
- a glass of beer served in a 10-fluid-ounce glass with a handle AUSTRALIA, 1943
- No schooners here, George, but I guess a handle will do the job. They’re about the same size, I’m told. ... These aren’t schooner size, mate... They’re about the size of a middy. — M.J. Burton, Bush Pub, p. 148, 1978
- a half-pint glass of beer NEW ZEALAND
- — Harry Orsman and Des Hurley, The Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang, 1994
- in horse racing, the total amount bet, either on a given race or an entire season US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 34, 1951
- the net amount taken in a gambling operation US
- I would deliver the figures, how much we won over the weekend, how much we got hit for, what the total “handle” was–the total taken in. — Joseph Pistone, Donnie Brasco, p. 132, 1987
▶ get a handle on
to gain a means of comprehending or controlling someone or something US, 1972- In the last four months I’ve started to get a handle on it and I can see that it really does work. — The Guardian, 26 May 2004
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