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  • noun Plural form of handprint.

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Examples

  • In what felt like no time at all, we had arrived and entered the somewhat draughty Upper Hall with its rather interesting artwork on the wall, a floor to ceiling spiral of golden handprints, which is a lot better than some of the weird and wonderful stuff a previous modern-art-loving Master installed, including a huge wooden dinosaur in the grounds.

    The Office Party « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Wade made four free throws in the final 26.2 seconds to seal the win, but his handprints were all over every aspect of the game.

    USATODAY.com - Heat beat Mavericks to win NBA title 2006

  • Five children who take part in Roswell's Paint Box Project - a program that allows young cancer patients to use art as an outlet during treatment - designed the mugs, which feature designs such as handprints and snowflakes.

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  • Sometimes the walls were simply works of art, like multicolored handprints covering all sides of the building.

    Chantilly High School mourns 'spirit shed,' a community's canvas for decades 2011

  • Sometimes the walls were simply works of art, like multicolored handprints covering all sides of the building.

    Chantilly High School mourns 'spirit shed,' a community's canvas for decades 2011

  • After turning the corner near his brother's house — where his handprints and autograph, circa 1970s, are imprinted in the concrete driveway — Smith slows the SUV.

    Uneasy lies sack king: Latest DUI clouds Smith's Hall entry 2009

  • At the Hearst building this week, Rob Lowe unveiled the philanthropic project "Valspar Hands for Habitat," an initiative to auction off artistically-touched-up celebrity handprints to benefit Habitat for Humanity's relief efforts in Haiti.

    Lowe Lends Hand Mike Vilensky 2011

  • A Mother's Day poster from 2007 with the girl's handprints is one of the woman's treasured possessions.

    Same-sex custody case tests Fla. law 2011

  • FBI agents also expanded their search to Chicago and Birmingham based on evidence that included handprints in the room they believed the killer stood in to fire the shot at King, a rifle, and a piece of luggage.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Einhorn had been playing for about 16 hours in the same sweatshirt, covered in his family's painted handprints, that he wore when he almost made the final table five years ago.

    Einhorn's Vegas Luck Runs Out Ben Cohen 2011

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