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SHAKING HANDS

Specialty Definition: SHAKING HANDS

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	For a young woman to dream that she shakes hands with some prominent ruler, foretells she will be surrounded with pleasures and distinction from strangers. If she avails herself of the opportunity, she will stand in high favor with friends. If she finds she must reach up to shake hands, she will find rivalry and opposition. If she has on gloves, she will overcome these obstacles. To shake hands with those beneath you, denotes you will be loved and honored for your kindness and benevolence. If you think you or they have soiled hands, you will find enemies among seeming friends. For a young woman to dream of shaking hands with a decrepit old man, foretells she will find trouble where amusement was sought. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Shaking Hands Horace, strolling along the Via Sacra, shook hands with an acquaintance. Arreptâque monu, "Quid agis dulcissime rerum?" AEneas, in the temple of Dido, sees his lost companions enter, and "avidi conjungere dextras ardebant" (AEn., i. 514.) Nestor shook hands with Ulysses on his return to the Grecian camp with the stolen horses of Rhesus. And in the Old Testament, when Jehu asked Jehonadab if his "heart was right" with him, he said, "If it be, give me thine hand," and Jehonadab gave him his hand. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: SHAKING HANDS

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courtesy	Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: SHAKING HANDS

Specialty definitions using "SHAKING HANDS": Friend ♦ Salutations. (references)

Modern Usage: SHAKING HANDS

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	We might just as well have been shaking hands. (The Graduate; writing credit: Calder Willingham) You know, the funny thing about shaking hands is (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal)
Lyrics	It's funny that we're shaking hands (Thank U In Advance; performing artist: Boyz II Men) I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do ("What a Wonderful World"; performing artist: Louis Armstrong)
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Commercial Usage: SHAKING HANDS

Domain	Title
Books	Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: SHAKING HANDS

Photo Album: SHAKING HANDS

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Connecting the line - party chiefs shaking hands Fred E. Joekel on left - Floyd W. Hough on right. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		U.S. Armed Forces Institute Of Pathology : [President Eisenhower shaking hands with medical officers]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Edward Cushing shaking hands with Leroy Burney]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Black Douglas and Lord Ashley shaking hands. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Uncle Sam shaking hands with Clemenceau as he walks off a steamer. Credit: Library of Congress.		Edgard Varese shaking hands with Aaron Copland, with Mr. Copland receiving presentation, standing, half-length] / Bernice B. Perry, Wilton, New Hampshire. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Managers Donie Bush of the White Sox and Roger Packinpaugh of the Cleveland Indians shaking hands on field, just before game, Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress.		Mrs. Warren G. Harding shaking hands with man seated on bed in military barracks(?). Credit: Library of Congress.
	President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium; Buck Harris in back. Credit: Library of Congress.		Uncle Sam shaking hands with the marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834). Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: SHAKING HANDS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Poland	It is customary to greet by shaking hands in Poland. (references)
	Romania	Shaking hands is the normal form of greeting, and normal courtesies are observed when visiting people's homes. (references)
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Modern Translation: SHAKING HANDS

Language		Translations for "SHAKING HANDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		kättely (handshake, handshake protocol, handshaking, hand-shaking procedure). (various references)

Pig Latin		akingshay andshay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: SHAKING HANDS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: handshakings.
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-h-h-i-k-n-n-s-s"
	-1 letter: handshaking.
	-3 letters: shanghais.
	-4 letters: anhingas, shadings, shanghai, shanking.
	-5 letters: anginas, anhinga, askings, dashing, gaskins, handing, hanking, hashing, sandhis, sanding, sashing, shading, shaking, snaking.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow

5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams

9. Bibliography

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