glad hand
| Dictionary: glad hand |
n. Informal
A warm and hearty, but often insincere welcome or greeting.
| Idioms: glad hand |
A warm and hearty but often insincere welcome or greeting, as in Politicians are apt to give the glad hand to one and all. [Slang; late 1800s]
| WordNet: glad hand |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a warm welcome; may be insincere
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