the handwriting on the wall

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the handwriting on the wall - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.
     1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or
        person; chirography.
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     2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
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     The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of
        disaster. --Dan. v. 5.
        [1913 Webster] handwritten