bolsterer

noun

Definition of bolsterernext
as in right hand

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  1. right hand
  2. prop
  3. stay
  4. handmaiden
  5. crutch
Noun
  • Since a stroke in 2023 left her unable to use her right hand, each ability to manage daily tasks feels like a milestone.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • And the former champion appeared to rock the reigning king with a straight right hand in the second round.
    Luke Brown, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of right hand
Noun
  • Though the episode is the stuff of nightmares, Anne says that her father brought the dummy prop home — and the kids fell in love with it.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The fourth day of the trial in the First Judicial District Court opened with defense attorney Nikas accusing the state of withholding evidence that prop distributor Seth Kenney was the source of the live ammunition.
    Janelle Ash, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of prop
Noun
  • This week, the District Court issued a ruling refusing to grant a stay (☆) (meaning that the injunction stays in place).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • After their six-month stays, none of the 37 who have so far graduated has returned to prison.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of stay
Noun
  • But now, many millions of women in the U.S., and in Florida particularly, are the handmaidens of theocrats who are doing just that.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Already convinced the coaches were nothing but handmaidens to the app, the firm piled on new clients heedlessly.
    Allison Pugh, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of handmaiden
Noun
  • And yet the overuse of this crutch was frustrating last night, most of all because Short suffered for it.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • This raises questions about the linkage between thinking and the crutch of language.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of crutch
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