Joking or uncomplimentary words for the hands—you might say, “Those are mine. You keep your ________ (out of them).”
| PAWS | 558 |
| MITTS | 205 |
| COTTON-PICKING HANDS | 127 |
| CLAWS | 112 |
| HOOKS | 35 |
| COTTON-PICKING FINGERS | 32 |
| FINGERS | 32 |
| NR | 22 |
| DIRTY HANDS | 20 |
| MEATHOOKS | 17 |
| HANDS | 11 |
| FILTHY HANDS | 9 |
| FISTS | 8 |
| HAMS | 7 |
| BIG HANDS | 6 |
| COTTON-PICKING PAWS | 6 |
| DUKES | 5 |
| FLIPPERS | 5 |
| LUNCH HOOKS | 5 |
| GLOMS | 4 |
| SHIT HOOKS | 4 |
| DIRTY PAWS | 3 |
| FILTHY PAWS | 3 |
| FINS | 3 |
| GRUBBY HANDS | 3 |
| BIG PAWS | 2 |
| BREAD SNATCHERS | 2 |
| CLAMMY HANDS | 2 |
| COTTON PICKERS | 2 |
| DAMN HANDS | 2 |
| DIRTY FINGERS | 2 |
| DIRTY MITTS | 2 |
| FIST | 2 |
| GRUBBY MITTS | 2 |
| NASTY HANDS | 2 |
| PEA-PICKING FINGERS | 2 |
| ROUGH HANDS | 2 |
| STICKY FINGERS | 2 |
| BIG FAT HANDS | 1 |
| BIG MITTS | 1 |
| BISCUIT HOOKS | 1 |
| BLACK HANDS | 1 |
| BREAD HOOKS | 1 |
| CLAM DIGGERS | 1 |
| CLAMMY MITTS | 1 |
| CLAMPS | 1 |
| CLAMS | 1 |
| CLIPPERS | 1 |
| CLUTCHING HANDS | 1 |
| DIRTY FISTS | 1 |
| DOGS | 1 |
| FEELERS | 1 |
| FILTHY MITTS | 1 |
| FINNIES | 1 |
| FORK-HOOKS | 1 |
| FRONT FEET | 1 |
| GLAMS | 1 |
| GLOMERS | 1 |
| GRABBERS | 1 |
| GRAB-HOOKS | 1 |
| GRUBBIES | 1 |
| GRUBBY FINGERS | 1 |
| GRUBBY LITTLE FINGERS | 1 |
| GRUBBY PAWS | 1 |
| HOOFS | 1 |
| LILY-WHITES | 1 |
| LONG FINGERS | 1 |
| MEATHOOKS TO HOME | 1 |
| MITTENS | 1 |
| MUD-HOOKS | 1 |
| NH | 1 |
| NUBS | 1 |
| PADDLES | 1 |
| PAWS OFF | 1 |
| PEA PICKERS | 1 |
| PEA-PICKING HANDS | 1 |
| POTHOOKS | 1 |
| PUSSY-FEELERS | 1 |
| SCAVENGER HOOKS | 1 |
| SHIT DIGGERS | 1 |
| SLOPPY HANDS | 1 |
| SNITCHERS | 1 |
| TATER-GRAPPLIN’ FINGERS | 1 |
| THIEVING HANDS | 1 |
| TINES | 1 |
| UGLY HANDS | 1 |
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