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glad-hand

  [glad-hand] Informal.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to greet warmly.
2. to greet in an insincerely effusive manner.
–verb (used without object)
3. to greet others with enthusiasm, esp. feigned enthusiasm: The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state.
Origin:
1900–05

Related forms:
glad-hander, noun
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glad-hand

  1. tv.
    to greet someone effusively. (The hand is the hand that is offered to quickly to each person who is greeted.) : The senator was glad-handing everyone in sight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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