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
随便看	to take up parable to take up residence to take up roost to take up savings to take up short to take up station to take up the ball to take up the bucklers to take up the cudgels to take up the gauntlet to take up the hatchet to take up the running to take up the slack to take up the table to take up the thread to take up the thread of to take up the threads to take up the threads of to take up the tomahawk to take up the word to take up upon trust to take up with to take upon advantages to take upon content to take upon hand