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单词 hand-promise
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hand-promise
hand-promise n. Obsolete (a) a promise or pledge, apparently guaranteed by presenting or holding out the hand to be grasped or shaken; (b) Irish English a solemn form of betrothal that can only be revoked by mutual consent.
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1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 166 Give me your Hand-Promise, that after I have told you this Question, you will grant whatsoever I shall demand of you.
1833 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry 2nd Ser. III. 235 Few would rely upon the word or oath of any man who had been known to break a hand-promise.
1908 J. Barlow Mockers 28 You strangely mistake, If it's break me hand-promise, you'd have me.
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