Definition of Blackhanders

1. blackhander [n] - See also: blackhander

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackhanders

blackfly
blackfold
blackfoot daisy
blackfriar
blackfriars
blackguard
blackguarded
blackguarding
blackguardism
blackguardisms
blackguardly
blackguards
blackgum
blackgums
blackhander
blackhanders (current term)
blackhat
blackhats
blackhead
blackheads
blackheart
blackheart cherry
blackhearted
blackhearts
blackhole
blackholes
blackhouse
blackhouses
blackie
blackies

Literary usage of Blackhanders

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson (1916)
""Well,' he says, 'they's a gang of over two hundred of these I-talian blackhanders working right now on a sewer job something about two miles up the road. ..."

2. Pennsylvania School Journal by Pennsylvania state educational association, Pennsylvania. Dept. of public instruction (1911)
"... I had given to three burglars a total of 120 years imprisonment two blackhanders a total of 40 years imprisonment, and had imposed various other ..."

3. Masterpieces of Mystery by Joseph Lewis French (1920)
"They will find the girl in the back yard—quick, before the BlackHanders have a chance to go back on their word.” I fairly shouted my orders to the police ..."

4. Famous Detective Stories by Joseph Walker McSpadden (1920)
"They will find the girl in the back yard — quick, before the BlackHanders have a chance to go back on their word.” I fairly shouted my orders to the police ..."

5. Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson (1916)
""Well,' he says, 'they's a gang of over two hundred of these I-talian blackhanders working right now on a sewer job something about two miles up the road. ..."

6. Pennsylvania School Journal by Pennsylvania state educational association, Pennsylvania. Dept. of public instruction (1911)
"... I had given to three burglars a total of 120 years imprisonment two blackhanders a total of 40 years imprisonment, and had imposed various other ..."

7. Masterpieces of Mystery by Joseph Lewis French (1920)
"They will find the girl in the back yard—quick, before the BlackHanders have a chance to go back on their word.” I fairly shouted my orders to the police ..."

8. Famous Detective Stories by Joseph Walker McSpadden (1920)
"They will find the girl in the back yard — quick, before the BlackHanders have a chance to go back on their word.” I fairly shouted my orders to the police ..."

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