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- the dead hand of
the dead hand of
the dead hand of something
something that stops progress from being made Economic development has been held back by the dead hand of bureaucracy.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| ŚWiĘTosŁAw | | shvyen-TAW-swahf | Polish (Archaic) |
| Leelo | | - | Estonian |
| Theodotus | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| Florencio | | flo-REN-thyo (Spanish), flo-REN-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Shema'yah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Abele | | - | Italian |