Meaning of handtame | Babel Free

Definitions

Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; (by extension) mild; meek; humble; docile

Examples

“I badly wanted a little more time to work on training them, but simply couldn't find it — so while they grew up friendly and confident, you couldn't exactly called them handtame.”

“This is a really popular image with British photographers when photographing Atlantic puffins, which can be hand-tame — indeed, I have had puffins playfully tugging at my laces while sitting on a cliff top!”

“Tamir was all her joy. She had him hand-tame, spoiled him most tenderly.”

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