Writing–on–the–wall
writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
a style or manner of writing by hand, especially that which characterizes a particular person; penmanship:
an eccentric handwriting.
a handwritten doc-ment; m-n-script.
handwriting on the wall, a premonition, portent, or clear indication, especially of failure or disaster:
the company had ignored the handwriting on the wall and was plunged into bankruptcy.
also, writing on the wall.
noun
writing by hand rather than by typing or printing
a person’s characteristic writing style: that signature is in my handwriting
n.
an ordinary note in his [horace greeley’s] handwriting is said to have been used for a long time as a railroad p-ss, then as a servant’s recommendation, and finally taken to a drug-store as a doctor’s prescription. [“frank leslie’s magazine,” august 1884]
see: handwriting on the wall
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