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offhand

adj.
US //ˈɔfˈhænd// UK //ˈɒfhænd// off·hand
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Origin

From Middle English ofhande, ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to (and re-formed as) off- + hand. Cognate with Icelandic afhendur. Compare onhand.

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