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glad hand

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glad hand

n. Informal

A warm and hearty, but often insincere welcome or greeting.

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glad hand

glad hand - a warm welcome; may be insincere

welcome - a greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome"

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If you try to break in under your right name you'll get the glad hand and be asked to stay here and there and play a good deal of golf and dance quite a lot, but you won't get a job.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

An' he is here, arisin' to his feet to give the glad hand to his old pal.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

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