hand-kissing

hand-kissing
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)
: the custom in some countries (as France) of a gentleman's pressing his lips to the back of a woman's hand as a gesture of courtesy (as in an introduction) or of affection

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