itchy palm

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*itchy palm and *itching palm

Fig. [of a hand] in need of a tip. (As if placing money in the palm would stop the itching. *Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) All the waiters at that restaurant have itchy palms. The cabdriver was troubled by an itching palm. Since he refused to carry my bags, I gave him nothing. Whenever he sees expensive luggage, the hotel doorman gets an itching palm.

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50 on a Euro lottery ticket, had an itchy palm and won nearly pounds 17m this week. A fool in Las Vegas by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Byline: CHRIS HUGHES HANDLING euros may leave many people with itchy palms. ITCHING FOR EURO; Coins can make your hands erupt in sores by The Mirror (London, England) Ms Richardson, who was medically retired from her job with the Royal Mail five months ago due to thyroid problems, said she often experienced a kind of sixth sense and her grandmother told her of the itchy palm prophecy as a girl. u17m? by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			It's no use crying over spilled milk It's not cricket It's not cricket! It's not over till it's over It's not over until the fat lady sings It's not the heat, it's the humidity It's now or never It's one thing after another! It's raining cats and dogs! It's raining pitchforks It's six of one, half a dozen of another it's swings and roundabouts it's the same old story It's the story of my life It's time we should be going It's written all over face It's written in the stars It's your funeral It's your move It's're breaking my heart! itch itch for itch to do itchy itchy feet itchy palm itself itty-bitty ivory jab jab at jab in jab into jab out jab with jabber about jack jack around jack of all trades jack of all trades is a master of none jack up jacked jacked up on jam jam session jam the brakes on jam together jam tomorrow jam up jam with jane			itchier itchier itchiest itchiest itchiest itchiness itchiness itchiness itchiness itchiness itching itching itching itching itching itching in groin itching palm Itchless ITCHM Itchweed Itchweed itchy itchy itchy itchy Itchy and Scratchy itchy feet itchy feet itchy feet itchy leg itchy palm ITCi ITCIA ITCILO ITCIO ITCIP ITCIS ITCJ ITCK Itcl ITCLS ITCM ITCMA ITCMI ITCMS ITCN ITCND ITCO ITCOB ITCON ITCOP ITCOT ITCOTCK ITCP ITCPA

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