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单词 at the dear hand
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at the dear hand
b. As the supplier of goods, in phrases denoting rate or price (with modifying adjective), as at the best hand, at the better hand, at the dear hand, etc. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [adverb] > at specific type of price
at the best hand1552
at (the) best1865
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bye dearer, or at the last hande.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxxiii. 82 b To the end our Merchaunts..might..buye theyr Spices at the better hande.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 3 For the procuring of which..commodities at the best and first hand.
1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 11 The whole sute is generally sold at the best hand for three Pound ten.
1715 J. Urmstone Let. 21 June in W. L. Saunders Colonial Rec. N. Carolina (1886) II. 187 Obliged to buy house land servants and stock at the worst hand.
1767 W. Cowper Let. 14 May (1979) I. 166 I might..serve your Honour with Cauliflowers and Brocoli at the best hand.
1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex II. xv. 394 No person having 4d. can be in want of a dry faggot at the cheapest hand.
1899 Christian Work 9 Feb. 217/2 He was the most likely one to help them to procure provisions at the best hand.
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