Neither the hand-crank door bell, nor someone knocking.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

The cylinder was turned via the working of a hand-crank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gun] Reference

Further: I agree, everyone should have a hand-crank radio.    From Wordnik.com.  [One holdout, riding the storm alone] Reference

Parts and plans for a hand-crank apple grinder were also included.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cider Pressin’ 2005] Reference

Buy 20 pound bags of rice and beans, batteries and a hand-crank radio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anya Kamenetz: The Pricier Sandwich] Reference

We can put a hand-crank on our MacBooks like the One Laptop Per Child machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Guy Kawasaki has come back to Apple] Reference

All you had was a wooden bucket, and a hand-crank or a churn, in butter's case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

She spotted a hand-crank ice cream freezer on a back shelf and snagged it as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: AT THE BEACH IN 1994] Reference

The press was a heavy, dark, old thing with a hand-crank, cast-iron apple grinder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

(Would this trend have happened if we still had to hand-crank the windows in our cars?).    From Wordnik.com.  [Yogurt Changed the Way We Eat] Reference

A hand-crank operated the winnowing mill for separating grain from chaff and beans from hulls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference

Will they remember to extend and retract the hand-crank awnings to control indoor temperatures?.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Bethesda, a home built to have a net-zero carbon footprint] Reference

I was opening a can of beans to make bean salad with the hand-crank can opener, and: “HAI!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [did i heard can openrrrr? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Prizes range from a GPS system, hand-crank radio, MP3 players, and t-shirts, stickers and books.    From Wordnik.com.  [Enter the Green Science Fair!] Reference

I prefer the hand-crank variety of can opener because I like my countertops as clear as possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back to basics: the whisk & can opener] Reference

She traced the leads and grounding wires, set up the tall sparking rods and the hand-crank generator.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silent Tower]

In this Sync video, blogger Marc Saltzman looks at two hand-crank solutions that could help you in a bind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Give these radios a crank | Sync Blog] Reference

We turned to a fellow with a portable hand-crank radio around his neck and asked him what the fuss was about.    From Wordnik.com.  [When A.J. Pitches, I'll Be in the Cellar] Reference

The hand-crank/solar-powered Eton Scorpion radio is also a flashlight, a bottle opener, and a mobile phone charger.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Tech-doors] Reference

Since there are many newer Nokia phones with the new connector, the hand-crank charger probably has the proper adapter.    From Wordnik.com.  [dustbury.com » Grinding out a few amps] Reference

It was a hand-crank number, and as he squeezed it to life, he pointed it at Marci, her face wan and scared in its light.    From Wordnik.com.  [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference

The bomb-bay doors had a "manual override" so they were easy; Szydlowska just turned a hand-crank and we were in business.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forever War]

Two lucky second prize winners will get Inhabitat Tote bags with hand-crank LED Indigo outdoor lanterns, made by Freeplay.    From Wordnik.com.  [INHABITAT SUMMER CONTEST: Green Gadget Giveaway! | Inhabitat] Reference

She made cornbread while Gillam squeezed oranges in the hand-crank juicer, big lovely Texas oranges from the Central Valley.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE] Reference

Make sure you have an emergency radio—powered by either batteries or a hand-crank—which will work even if the lights go out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essential gadgets for emergencies] Reference

It proudly displayed a funnel once unfolded, as well as a revolving bottom and a hand-crank that needed to be attached separately.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2005 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Make sure you have an emergency radio — powered by either batteries or a hand-crank — which will work even if the lights go out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essential gadgets for emergencies] Reference

I learned in typing class (during the aforementioned dark ages, on an actual typewriter with a hand-crank return) that two is proper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » One space, or two?] Reference

One of the graduate students who took part in the research told the AP that the method could theoretically be used with hand-crank devices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sustainable: A Cheap X-Ray? Just Stick With Me] Reference

Does anyone have an old hand-crank ice cream machine?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matador Network] Reference

Model Ts featured hand-crank starters and tail lamps fueled by kerosene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Temple Daily Telegram News Feed] Reference

So my DP (the brilliant Carlos Veron) and I shot the hand-crank sections at an even 50 fps.    From Wordnik.com.  [ProLost] Reference

Keddal said the laptops can run from two alternative power sources - by hand-crank or solar power.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gazette-Enterprise: News] Reference

This allowed them to be as surprised and annoyed by the hand-crank effect as the live action crew!.    From Wordnik.com.  [ProLost] Reference