subs. (common).—The hand. Also GRAPPLER. For synonyms, see DADDLE and MAULEY.

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  1852.  H. HAZEL, Yankee Jack, p. 9. Give us your GRAPPLER on that, old fellow!

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  1877.  W. H. THOMSON, Five Years’ Penal Servitude, iii. 246. Anything she once put her GRAPPLES on she slipped inside.

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