Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cack-handed
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Cack-handed
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If you describe someone as cack-handed, you mean that they handle things in an awkward or clumsy way. (BRIT INFORMAL) ...the cack-handed way they handled the incident. = clumsy ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: English dialect cack, keck awkward Date: 1854 1. British left-handed 1 2. British clumsy, awkward ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. colloq. 1 awkward, clumsy. 2 left-handed. Derivatives cack-handedly adv. cack-handedness n. Etymology: dial. cack excrement CACKLE n. & v. --n. 1 a clucking sound as of a hen or a goose. 2 a loud silly laugh. 3 noisy inconsequential talk. --v. 1 intr. emit a cackle. 2 intr. talk noisily and inconsequentially. 3 tr. utter or express with a cackle. Phrases and idioms cut the cackle colloq. stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. Etymology: ME prob. f. MLG, MDu. kakelen (imit.) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. левша; владеющий левой рукой лучше, чем правой 2. разг. неуклюжий, неловкий ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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