(gambling, slang) A cheat who covertly adds or removes cards during a card game.

An undesirable influence remaining from the past.

A lightweight, short-handled hoe suitable for manual use.

plural of hand hoe

Synonym of dab hand (“expert; very skilled person”)

plural of crack hand

Close or nearby, in terms of distance. / Close, in terms of time.

Near spatially or temporally.

(cycling) in the madison, the act of propelling one's teammate into the race by linking hands

A system capable of closing a strategic nuclear strike control loop in the absence of normal command and control channels, analogous in concept to a deadman switch, in anticipation of a decapitation strike. Implemented by the Soviet Union and by the Russian Federation as the successor state thereof.