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Meanings of rough handling in English

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Usage of rough handling in English
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She looked as if she might crumble under the slightest rough handling.
The Demon Lover
2
While light touches are painful, firm pressure and rough handling give relief.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 / The Evolution of Mo...
3
There was no call for such rough handling of a young man.
Children of the Market Place
4
I'm not a doll; I won't spoil with a little rough handling!
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
5
The infant squealed with the rough handling, happy to have gained her objective.
Genellan: planetfall
6
The body looked brittle, as though rough handling would break it into pieces.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
7
The articles on the desk's top gave evidence of rough handling.
Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
8
The creature did not like the rough handling, and spread its hood immediately.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
9
Both girls had rips and cuts on their flesh, bruises from rough handling.
Sons of the Oak
10
Oh, she is not one to mind a little rough handling.
King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
11
Men, and women too, showed the marks of rough handling by brutal prison guards.
Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz: Fighting with the U.S. Navy in Mexico
12
Otherwise, you and I might experience rather rough handling if this house were mobbed.
The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime
13
They had a rough handling last year, and you have not worn them since.
St. George for England
14
Did he remember his own rough handling of the sex on the witness stand?
Dark Hollow
15
He was turbanless, shoeless, caked with dirt, and all but dead with rough handling.
Short-Stories
16
Sneers, scowls, hootings, curses, and rough handling were absolutely certain.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
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