See also: Dead Hand

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dead hand (countable and uncountable, plural dead hands)

  1. A residual undesirable influence from the past.
    • 2021 July 14, Barry Doe, “Flexi Seasons undermined by complicated calculations”, in RAIL, number 935, page 54:
      I'll leave the very bad news to the end as it's outside the industry's control. Yes, the dead hand of the Department for Transport (DfT) still rules!
  2. (card games) A hand that is dealt but not used during a card game.

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