Definition of Manhandling

1. Verb. (present participle of manhandle) ¹

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Definition of Manhandling

1. manhandle [v] - See also: manhandle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manhandling

mangrove family
mangrove fly
mangrove snapper
mangroves
mangs
mangu
mangue
mangy
manhaden
manhadens
manhair
manhairs
manhandle
manhandled
manhandles
manhandling (current term)
manhattans
manhead
manhole
manhole cover
manholes
manhoods
manhua
manhuas
manhunt
manhunters
manhunts

Literary usage of Manhandling

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

1. Wall Shadows: A Study in American Prisons by Frank Tannenbaum (1922)
"The habitual use of physical manhandling requires intensification to carry ... In addition, the physical manhandling of the human body tends to develop an ..."

2. The Tactical Employment of Quick-firing Field Artillery by Gabriel Rouquerol (1903)
"Practically in this case there is little or no manhandling to be done; while, as a matter of fact, experience goes to prove that a battery trotting into ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Scientific manhandling. Ind. 79: 72. Л. 13, '14. See also Accounting: Cost accounting; Factory management; Machine shop management. Thompson. QJ Econ. ..."

4. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"... of what happened when half a dozen hall-men went inside and did a bit of manhandling. As regards the details of this man-handling I shall say nothing. ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"bomb overboard, again at considerable risk of its resenting such improper manhandling by a premature explosion. THE story lacks its tragic consummation. ..."

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