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handspan - definition and meaning
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noun distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement
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Shaking his head, Vincent straightened and stepped away from the Jaguar to stand less than a handspan from Dante.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
Shaking his head, Vincent straightened and stepped away from the Jaguar to stand less than a handspan from Dante.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
Shaking his head, Vincent straightened and stepped away from the Jaguar to stand less than a handspan from Dante.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
Shaking his head, Vincent straightened and stepped away from the Jaguar to stand less than a handspan from Dante.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
Ancar was driving his troops over ground so thick with the bodies of the dead that there wasn't a handspan of dirt or grass visible anywhere.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
When they reached the trail, they saw it was both steep and narrow, a double-handspan cut into the side of the mountain, with a sheer drop on one side and the sheer cliff on the other.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
Only a scant handspan separated their bodies, almost as if she had sought to get as close to him as she dared without actually touching him.
The Devil Wears Plaid Teresa Medeiros 2010
The tiny windows in the sides of the tower were proportioned to make it look as if it were twice the size it actually was, and since the stone walls were a handspan thick, they let in very little light.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
The blanket was down by our feet, and I was really aware of him next to me, without a sheet or blanket covering us, his bare legs just a handspan away from mine.
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour Morgan Matson 2010
The blanket was down by our feet, and I was really aware of him next to me, without a sheet or blanket covering us, his bare legs just a handspan away from mine.
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour Morgan Matson 2010
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