two-hander

noun

1
: something that is done with both hands
Her tennis backhands are always two-handers.
2
: a play that is written to be performed by two actors

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Hailing from 20th Television, with Robbins as writer and executive producer, Chicks is a two-hander dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 July 2026 Most of the story is a charming two-hander, but Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller also has a notable supporting role. Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 The setting for this two-hander is more abstract than usual for Hunter, who is one of the theater’s outstanding American realists. Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 There is much to mourn in this epic two-hander, which was inspired by the letters shared between terminal breast cancer patient Makiko Mayano and medical anthropologist Maho Isono, but few recent movies, or few movies at all, have been so rigorously insistent upon the reasons for hope. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for two-hander

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“Two-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-hander. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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