cag-handed

British

/ ˌkæɡˈhændɪd /

adjective

dialect a variant of cack-handed

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If any one be carving awkwardly with the left wrist doubled under, the right arm angularly extended, and the knife sawing at a joint, our village miners and country Californians call it "cack-" or "cag-handed."

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Cag-handed is worse than back-handed; it means awkward, twisted, and clumsy.

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You may see many a cag-handed person hacking at a fowl.

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