English Explanatory Dictionary

on the gripping hand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. from a third point of view

Pronunciation

En-au-on the gripping hand.ogg

Word forms

on the gripping hand

Etymology

From the 1993 novel The Gripping Hand, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, in which three-armed aliens use the phrase in a way akin to "on the other hand".

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