Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Off-hand

Without preparation; impromptu. The phrase, “in hand,” as, “It was long in hand,” means that it was long in operation, or long a-doing; so that “off-hand” must mean it was not “in hand.”

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