Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Come to Hand

(It has). Been received. “Come into my hand.” In Latin, ad manus (alicujus) pervenire.

“Your letter came to hand yesterday.” —A. Trollope.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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