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handshaker

[ hand-shey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly:

    Politicians are often incurable handshakers.



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of handshaker1

First recorded in 1900–05; handshake + -er 1
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“Always health. Health and life. Living is number one . . . I retweeted somebody. I dunno . . . I was never a big handshaker . . . We spoke to a lot of very, very smart people . . . Papa John’s, Wendy’s, Waffle House, Starbucks . . . That’s a mosquito. I don’t like mosquitoes. I don’t like mosquitoes at all . . . There are a lot of great things happening . . . No, I’m not a fan of Mitt Romney . . . You’re never going to treat me fairly.”

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But as an avid handshaker and something of an expert on the subject, I have to second the good doctor’s prescription.

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“I’ve always been a handshaker,” he said.

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She is an assertive handshaker, backslapper, high-fiver and hugger, which she used to great effect in winning two terms as the county’s top prosecutor and later to become the first black woman to be elected county executive.

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A good handshaker will betray you just as quickly as a lousy handshaker.

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