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adjective

Right-hand adj.

Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.

Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable. "Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop."

Right-hand rope, a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope.

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Etymology of 'Right-hand'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Right-hand" Quotes from Famous Books

... the great Frederick. If he ever did take snuff from his waistcoat pocket, it was on his battle days, when it would have been difficult, while riding at a gallop under fire, to hold both reins and snuff-box. For those days he had special waistcoats, with the right-hand pocket lined with perfumed leather; and, as the sloping cut of his coat enabled him to insert his thumb and forefinger into this pocket without unbuttoning his coat, he could, under any circumstances and at any gait, take snuff when ...

— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas

... at different stages during the painting, are not all alike, the first painting of the lights being too darkly printed in some cases. But they show how much can be expressed with the one tone, when variety is got by using the middle tone to paint into. The two tones used are noted in the right-hand lower corner. ...

— The Practice and Science Of Drawing • Harold Speed

... in a hushed tone. There were some old fields on the right-hand now, and a wood on the left. Just within the ...

— Dr. Sevier • George W. Cable

... is strange now: do you two know how you are censured here in the city, I mean of us o' the right-hand file? Do you? ...

— The Tragedy of Coriolanus • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

... board the train without seeing any one whom he knew, and took a seat on the right-hand side. Just in front of him was an elderly farmer, with a face well browned by exposure to the sun and wind. He had a kindly face, and looked sociable. It was not long before he addressed our ...

— The Tin Box - and What it Contained • Horatio Alger

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