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What (who) is -hander - definition

PLAY, FILM, OR TELEVISION PROGRAMME WITH ONLY TWO MAIN CHARACTERS
Two hander

-hander      
(-handers)
-hander combines with words like 'two' or 'three' to form nouns which indicate how many people are involved in a particular activity, especially a play or a film. (mainly BRIT)
...a two-hander play...
Williams's play is a tense contemporary three-hander about two murderers and a bank-robber.
COMB in N-COUNT: oft N n
Hander         
ALBUM BY KAIPA
Händer (album); Hander
·noun One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.
left-hander         
  • [[Michael Vick]], a left-handed [[American football]] [[quarterback]], winds up to throw the ball to his teammate
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
The Left-Hander (film); Left-hander (disambiguation); Left-Hander (disambiguation); The Left-Hander
(left-handers)
You can describe someone as a left-hander if they use their left hand rather than their right hand for activities such as writing and sports and for picking things up.
? right-hander
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Wikipedia

Two-hander

A two-hander is a term for a play, film, or television programme with only two main characters. The two characters in question often display differences in social standing or experiences, differences that are explored and possibly overcome as the story unfolds. Instances of two-handers may include theatre, film, television episodes, television series, and radio.

Examples of use of -hander
1. After all, if you are going to sit through and pay for a dinner full of bad jokes with a self–important glad–hander, make it the right self– important glad–hander.
2. Left–hander Cliff Lee (7–1) worked six and two–thirds innings for the victory.
3. The right–hander from New South Wales faced 106 deliveries and hit 15 fours.
4. Lidle, a 34–year–old right–hander, died days after finishing the baseball season.
5. "I don‘t think there‘s any magic in four majors," the left–hander said.