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big hand

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Noun1.big handbig hand - points to the minutes                
minute hand
hand - a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes"


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He seized Anatole by the collar of his uniform with his big hand and shook him from side to side till Anatole's face showed a sufficient degree of terror.
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Jackson clapped his big hand over the strings and the jingling vibration died suddenly.
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"How long were you with him," interrupted the Presence from behind his big hand.
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