10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAM-FISTED»
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ham-fisted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music ...
S.J. What you wrote was, "Third Eye Blind's thoroughly generic and ham- fisted
music was distinguished only by the degree of frat-boy misogyny inherent in the
lyrics and stage antics." J.D. / maintain that that's true. S.J. Ham-fisted? If you
listen ...
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
Clumsiness is also conveyed by terms like ham-fisted and ham-handed.
Enthusiasm is also a factor in an expression like ham it up. ham-fisted/-handed
clumsy. He's too ham-fisted even to be capable of changing a light bulb or fixing
a fuse.
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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001: The Year's Finest Writing ...
What you wrote was, "Third Eye Blind's thoroughly generic and ham-fisted music
was distinguished only by the degree of frat- boy misogyny inherent in the lyrics
and stage antics.'' J.D. / maintain that that's true. SJ. Ham-fisted? If you listen to ...
Nick Hornby, Benjamin G. Schafer, 2001
John tried to do it but he was a ham-fisted youth, no good at that kind of task. And
the church bells would peel and peel and I would say, “God there must be
something to be said for Satan if he didn't have the church bells” (laughs). I had
two ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
hale. F. ham-fisted. 2 the halcyon days of the 1960s: happy, carefree, blissful,
golden, joyful, joyous, contented, idyllic, palmy; flourishing, thriving, prosperous,
successful. wANTONYMS troubled.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
H.H. Stanners, At the Tenth Clue, 1937. ham-handed is the RN's form of ham-
fisted: since early C.20. (Musings, ca. 1912, p.62.) 'Hands like hams' are usually
clumsy—or look it.—2. Hence, almost imm., fig., 'of clumsy people and those who
...
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Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain ...
My budget cuts are (what fun) ham-fisted. But smarter, fairer people who know
what they're talking about could cut this much and more. Why don't they? They
don't because they don't quite have to yet. Despite the alleged panic over the ...
sights on and just stay long enough to get a really good burst in, or until his "ham
fisted“ maneuverability makes firing impracticable, then break away and climb at
your best climbing angle watching him and positioning yourself the whole while ...
Finally, recognizing that I would not be able to spur a subconscious reaction via
these conscious means, I did my best to “mimic” surprise, and the result was so
ham-fisted, it earned a restrained chuckle from the audience every night, a result
...
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Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
A ham-fisted person, i.e., someone with big, clumsy hands. 2. An amateur radio
operator.The exact origin and meaning of the term is vague. Some suggest that
ham is a shortened and corrupted ver- sion of amateur.The most reliable origin ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAM-FISTED»
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ham-fisted is used in the context of the following news items.
Underrated Boy Band Jams: Top 15 Forgotten Singles | Billboard
Sure, it's a ham-fisted attempt at combining the boy band and Latin pop strains that separately dominated the year 2000, but "Give Me Just One ... «Billboard, Jul 15»
Parties demand NZ foreign buyer register - News.com.au
"It's ham-fisted, it's amateurish and above all it's racist," he said. Mr Little says the resignation is "unfortunate" but the response coming into his ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
No need for China's leadership to lose nerve - Financial Review
The immediate reaction of the authorities to the gyrations of the Chinese sharemarket over the past year may have been a little ham-fisted, but it ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
The Right's latest desperate attempt to smear Rev. Barber and the …
“On the one hand, [the attacks] are just so downright (and comically) crude and ham-fisted that you almost have to cringe in embarrassment for ... «The Progressive Pulse, Jul 15»
Mobile phone footage of man strangling a deer to death with his …
But because he was unused to killing animals, he performed a ham-fisted job of it. He said: "He is not a hunter. He seems to be a point of ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
Letter: Protest UT decision with your wallet - News Sentinel Story
There has not been such a bull-headed, ham-fisted and totally wrong decision since the introduction of New Coke. Overwhelming support to ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
Morning Star :: Protesters turn out to block eviction
It is shameful, it is ham-fisted and cruel.” Bromley Council has recently committed to a privatisation programme, cutting its staff from 4,000 to 300 and outsourcing ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
A Chronic Mess - Daily Reckoning
For all the ham-fisted responses, flawed policy and denials-of-reality that came out of that period, as the crisis deepened it galvanized those in ... «Daily Reckoning, Jul 15»
Thor's Comic Review Column - Civil War #1, Star Wars: Lando #1 …
The execution was equally typical Millar, ham-fisted, always looking for the big, cool fight sequence rather than exploring themes, digging deep ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
Wrapping up the Women's World Cup | Pembroke Daily Observer
It was a great take down of Benoit's ham-fisted message, pointing out Serena Williams's dominance, the beauty of the women's World Cup and ... «Pembroke Daily Observer, Jul 15»
