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 Hanap.Hand. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Han’aper.
 
Exchequer. “Hanaper office,” an office where all writs relating to the public were formerly kept in a hamper (in hanaper’io). Hanaper is a cover for a hanap.   1
 


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