handcarry
nounEtymology From hand + carry.
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Philippines carry-on (luggage)
handcarry
verbEtymology From hand + carry.
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To transport and deliver in person.
- He handcarried it all the way. sir. It took him 30 days.1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems:
- Limit orders are handcarried to a typist who types the order information onto file cards which are then handcarried to the main order room clerk who monitors the orders to insure their execution.1972, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance, Study of the Securities Industry:
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- When feasible, the chronometer should be handcarried from the appropriate Navy supply facility to the Army installation or vessel where the instrument is to be used.2003, US Department Of Defense, Special Authorization and Procedures for Issues, Sales, and Loans: Army Regulation 725-1:
- Related terms
- hand-deliver, hand deliver, hand-feed, handfeed, hand-knit, hand knit, handknit, handmake, hand-pick, handpick, hand-raise, hand-wash, hand wash