cack-handedadj.

Brit.

/ˌkakˈhandᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈkækˌhændᵻd/

Forms: Also cag-, kack-, keck-handed.

Etymology: perhaps < cack n. and adj.

dialect or colloquial.

Left-handed; ham-handed, clumsy, awkward.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > favouring one side

right-handeda1398

left-handeda1425

left hand1440

left-legged1606

sinister1818

katy-handed1822

left-footed1832

right-sided1850

cack-handed1854

dextral1871

sinistral1871

left-sided1875

lefty1886

southpaw1886

handed1910

molly-dook1941

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands

handless1483

left-handed1579

butterfingered1615

heavy-handeda1634

thumbless1648

unhandy1669

mutton-fisted1737

two-fisted1774

numb-handed1849

butterfingers1851

buttery-fingered1853

cack-handed1854

Marlborough-handed1893

thumb-fingered1903

thumby1909

ham-handed1918

ham-fisted1928

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 365 Keck-handed, awkward, left-handed.

1859 Notes & Queries VIII. 483 If a man, at hay time or harvest, holds his fork with his left hand lowest, they say, ‘Ah! he's no good! he's keck-handed!..’

1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 21 Cack-handed, cag-handed.

1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vi. 91 I never met such a kack-handed jackass in all my born days.

1961 Spectator 22 Sept. 384 An insanely slothful or cack-handed publican.

1964 S. Jepson Fear in Wind i. 17 A series of kack-handed manœuvres..designed to keep one end of a stick on the ground.

1967 J. Potter Foul Play x. 125 When he saw the ball going the wrong side of him, he lunged his [hockey] stick out behind him... ‘Just thought I'd try a bit of your cack-handed stuff.’

Derivatives

ˌcack-ˈhandedness n.

ΚΠ

1959 P. McCutchan Storm South iv. 52 He would..moan about the cack-handedness of Bacon (which was nonsense, for Bacon was a first-rate steward).

Draft additions September 2013

ˌcack-ˈhandedly adv. clumsily, awkwardly.

ΚΠ

1980 Guardian 12 Dec. 12/4 It was the Government which cack-handedly attempted to ‘help’ industry by cutting public spending and borrowing.

2010 K. M. Grant Belle's Song i. 18 She'd even untangled the knots in the wool for the three-sided cushion I was cack-handedly trying to embroider.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cack-handed
释义	cack-handedadj. Brit. /ˌkakˈhandᵻd/, U.S. /ˈkækˌhændᵻd/ Forms: Also cag-, kack-, keck-handed. Etymology: perhaps < cack n. and adj. dialect or colloquial. Left-handed; ham-handed, clumsy, awkward. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > favouring one side right-handeda1398 left-handeda1425 left hand1440 left-legged1606 sinister1818 katy-handed1822 left-footed1832 right-sided1850 cack-handed1854 dextral1871 sinistral1871 left-sided1875 lefty1886 southpaw1886 handed1910 molly-dook1941 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands handless1483 left-handed1579 butterfingered1615 heavy-handeda1634 thumbless1648 unhandy1669 mutton-fisted1737 two-fisted1774 numb-handed1849 butterfingers1851 buttery-fingered1853 cack-handed1854 Marlborough-handed1893 thumb-fingered1903 thumby1909 ham-handed1918 ham-fisted1928 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 365 Keck-handed, awkward, left-handed. 1859 Notes & Queries VIII. 483 If a man, at hay time or harvest, holds his fork with his left hand lowest, they say, ‘Ah! he's no good! he's keck-handed!..’ 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 21 Cack-handed, cag-handed. 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vi. 91 I never met such a kack-handed jackass in all my born days. 1961 Spectator 22 Sept. 384 An insanely slothful or cack-handed publican. 1964 S. Jepson Fear in Wind i. 17 A series of kack-handed manœuvres..designed to keep one end of a stick on the ground. 1967 J. Potter Foul Play x. 125 When he saw the ball going the wrong side of him, he lunged his [hockey] stick out behind him... ‘Just thought I'd try a bit of your cack-handed stuff.’ Derivatives ˌcack-ˈhandedness n. ΚΠ 1959 P. McCutchan Storm South iv. 52 He would..moan about the cack-handedness of Bacon (which was nonsense, for Bacon was a first-rate steward). Draft additions September 2013 ˌcack-ˈhandedly adv. clumsily, awkwardly. ΚΠ 1980 Guardian 12 Dec. 12/4 It was the Government which cack-handedly attempted to ‘help’ industry by cutting public spending and borrowing. 2010 K. M. Grant Belle's Song i. 18 She'd even untangled the knots in the wool for the three-sided cushion I was cack-handedly trying to embroider. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1854
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