bolsterer

noun

as in right hand

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  1. right hand
  2. prop
  3. stay
  4. handmaiden
  5. crutch
Noun
  • Kym Whitley plays Kim, Varnell’s right hand, who keeps his business, and the show’s (and the series itself), nailed down.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Mayer had some early success with her jab, but Cameron increasingly took control as the fight progressed and landed the cleaner punches before hurting Mayer with a right hand in the eighth round.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of right hand
Noun
  • My big moment in the spotlight has finally arrived but my costume and props are in a truck stuck in traffic.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The singer recently joked about the prop during a show where her grandmother, affectionately known as Nana, was in the audience.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of prop
Noun
  • While nearly every Florida county has some form of a tax on hotel stays — totaling more than $1 billion statewide — the largest pool is in Orange County, where millions visit for theme park vacations and business conventions annually.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Hanaway’s application specifically asks Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the justice who oversees Missouri cases, for a stay, a temporary ruling blocking the state Supreme Court’s decision before the full court weighs in.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of stay
Noun
  • Did Penelope, Helen of Troy, Athena, Calypso, and the rest of the Greek gals and goddesses deserve to be more epic than the attractive but flattened handmaidens even IMAX couldn’t enhance?
    — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of handmaiden
Noun
  • Sara, who is nearing her 18th birthday, walks with an arm crutch and wears braces.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Anyone who does a decent amount of public speaking winds up having a verbal crutch.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of crutch
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“Bolsterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolsterer. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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