hand-running

American  

[hand-ruhn-ing] / ˈhændˈrʌn ɪŋ /

adverb

1. in unbroken succession; consecutively.

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Etymology

Origin of hand-running

First recorded in 1820–30; extension of “in the run of a hand,” a reference to a card player receiving several good cards in a single deal, and implying quick succession

Example Sentences

In fact, for two years hand-running, almost daily, and in spite of the three-legged shepherd’s fang-baring snarls, Bernabe had been ticketing Onofre’s perambulating junk heap.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Why, I don't hardly ride the same cayuse the second day, straight hand-running.

From Bar-20 Days by Mulford, Clarence Edward

You can tell the same story twice, hand-running, which is more than most folks can do.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis

If you won't have me for the twenty-fourth time hand-running, why not take Bill here?

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

There, the very first week he was gone, she went out three nights hand-running with that feather man from St. Louis.

From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker