Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cack-handed

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.)