on the gripping hand

prep_phrase

Etymology

From the 1993 novel The Gripping Hand, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, in which three-armed aliens use the phrase in a way akin to "on the other hand".

Definitions

  1. from a third point of view

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA