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Flying by the Seat of Your Pants: Surprising Origins of ...
If we label somebody “cack-handed,” we are most likely lambasting them for an
act of clumsiness or inept management of a situation. Many people are familiar
with “cack” as a word for feces, yet few would link this meaning with the phrase.
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An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction
EDD lists several words with final k and g (from all over England) that resemble
keikja, keckfisted, -handed, cack-handed, and cag-handed (the last two
sometimes end in -fisted) 'left-handed; clumsy, awkward.' From Warwickshire,
EDD has ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
49, 2003 cack-handed adjective left-handed; clumsy uk, 18S4 • That's more than
any of you cack-handed bastards could do— Robert S. Close, With Hooves of
Brass, p. 117, 1961 • — Sonya Plowman, Great Kiwi Slang p. 43, 2002 • It's a sign
...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the ...
It's tedious enough having to listen to your own cack-handed efforts, and many
times worse for your next-door neighbour as you stumble repeatedly over the
same passage of Ralph McTell'sStreets of London. SundayHerald, Glasgow, 6 ...
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A Dictionary of North East Dialect
5. cack-handed 1. "'Cuddy-handed' is left-handed" Polgrave Hetton 1896; exx.yS
E'ton, 1950s; MB Coxhoe C20/mid 2. "cuddy-handed was used in Easington -
cuddy-wifted in Ryhope/Silksworth" /S Easington re 1950s; "cuddy wifter - anyone
...
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How to Sound Really Clever: 600 Words You Need to Know
cack-handed (adj) I clumsy for full explanation, see box below e.g. If you put an
average person up against a politician in a debate, the layman will inevitably
come across as cack-handed From the Old English, 'cack': 'excrement', from the
Latin ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2013
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The Oxford History of English
It is likely, however, that many of those who use cack-handed to describe
clumsiness are quite unaware of either its left-handed or Iavatorial connections. It
is equally likely that the young people who use charver or pikey to identify a ...
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Sticklers, Sideburns & Bikinis: The Military Origins of ...
“Cack-handed” and “awkward” both mean left-handed, and a left-handed
compliment, one which carries a thinly veiled insult, has prevented the closure of
many a conflict. RIGHT-HAND MAN and SALUTE 240 SLAVE Captive labor.
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Curious English Words and Phrases: The Truth Behind the ...
Cack-handed For some time, 'cack' has been a fairly common vernacular term for
excrement – something which is usually messy. People who are clumsy often find
it difficult to be tidy, so the expression cackhanded really arose to describe ...
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Neuropsychology of Left-Handedness
INTRODUCTION “Cack-handed, bang-handed, wacky-handed, gammy, keggy,
scrammy, skiffly, skivvery, watty, coochy, schoochy, scroochy, quiffy, bawky,
cowey, cowley, hawky, garpawed, kay~pawed, and cow-pawed"—the British
have ...
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Out of My Mind: Jhappi Rajashahi
usual methods of bombastic dismissal of allegations (as in the case of Kapil Sibal and the CAG) or the cack-handed arrest of Anna Hazare and ... «The Indian Express, Tem 15»
New Orleans is intoxicating with some of the world's greatest food …
... the meal in the open-plan kitchen, and so expert are Amy and her team that even the most cack-handed amateur (ie me) can't get it wrong. «Mirror.co.uk, Tem 15»
Riding the tech wave that makes driving more simple, safe, and fun
... car manufacturers have focused on improving their technologies and boosting efficiency and safety levels so that even the most cack-handed ... «The National, Tem 15»
Charitable trusts
Governments are making genuine, if sometimes cack-handed, attempts to tackle it. Britain's costliest EU regulations are all climate targets and ... «Director magazine, Tem 15»
Cack-handed thief dubbed "spontaneous cretin" by own barrister …
AN armed raider who tried to hold-up a betting shop but claimed it was a "cack-handed joke" when he was caught was last night (Thursday, ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Tem 15»
Wikipedia: YES! we've SAVED the INTERNET again!
Reda's proposal in a report to Parliament prompted a cack-handed reaction from a Dutch MEP, who feared its ambiguity would have ... «The Register, Tem 15»
Anthony Vickers: Boro away shirt fury is an annual event - it will blow …
Almost every year some aberration straight from page 47 of the manufacturers catalogue is unveiled - usually after a cack-handed leak the ... «Gazette Live, Tem 15»
Extant, season 2, episode 1, review: 'criminally cack-handed'
A shower scene, then a gasp of “Aha, so it was all a dream”. It infamously happened to Bobby Ewing in Dallas circa 1986 and the writers of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Tem 15»
Gardening benefits: burn calories and clear your mind
It does not matter whether you're green-fingered or cack-handed; get out there and have a go Then there is the boost to your vitamin D levels ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Haz 15»
Political roundup: Dangers for democracy in today's cyber bullying law
Summing up the problem, Watkin writes that the legislation is well intended, but "its attempt to tackle bullying is so cack-handed and ill-drafted, ... «New Zealand Herald, Haz 15»
