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Definition of the day : « hand over fist »

  • adv at a tremendous rate
Example sentences :
  • The cholera year of 1832 seems to have made Methodists hand over fist.
  • Extract from : « The Damnation of Theron Ware » by Harold Frederic
  • Hes at the back of the bunch; a Shrewsburg fellows passing him hand over fist.
  • Extract from : « For the Honor of the School » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • The red roadster was not only leaving the frightened herd behind, but was coming up with the cowboy, hand over fist.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Race » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • It's a rather small, black craft, walking up on us hand over fist.
  • Extract from : « The North Pacific » by Willis Boyd Allen
  • In fact, he was getting rich, hand over fist, and was vastly respected.
  • Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Overhauling the fugitives, hand over fist, were two large biplanes.
  • Extract from : « The Dreadnought of the Air » by Percy F. Westerman
  • Now he commenced fur to gain on me, hand over fist; so I made up my mind to do somethin' desprit.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 » by Various
  • It's been standing for months and I happen to know that you are making money all the time, hand over fist.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico » by Wilmer M. Ely
  • She has spent the best part of half a century equipping herself, hand over fist, for this kind of commercial contest.
  • Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
  • Some of de Niggers went on a buyin' spree, an' dey bought land, hand over fist.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration