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cack-handed

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cack-hand⋅ed

[kak-han-did]
–adjective Chiefly British Informal.
1. clumsy; lacking skill with the hands.
2. left-handed.
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cack-hand·ed   (kāk'hān'dĭd)   
adj.   Chiefly British
  1. Left-handed.

  2. Awkward; clumsy.


[Perhaps from Old Norse keikr, bent backwards; akin to Danish keite, left-handed.]
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