Brewer's: Palm

An itching palm. A hand ready to receive bribes. The old superstition is that if your palm itches you are going to receive money.

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm.

Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, iv. 3.

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