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hunt-and-peck

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hunt and peck

–noun
a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
Also, hunt-and-peck.
Compare touch system.


Origin:
1935–40
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hunt-and-peck   (hŭnt'ən-pěk')
n.  A slow method of typing in which an untrained typist seeks out each key before striking it.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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