broken-handed

adjective

Having a hand that is broken.

Meanings

adjectivebroken-handed (not comparable)

alternative brokenhanded

  1. not comparableHaving a hand that is broken.

    The stunned and broken-handed killer struggled to turn, but the big American grabbed the mangled paw and twisted hard.

    2014, Don Pendleton, Cold War Reprise, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    If one of them is broken-handed or lame or dumb or blind or deaf—he is not declared a son stubborn and rebellious, as it is said 'Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,' which is impossible if they be broken-handed;

    1916, University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register, Volume 65

    The priests are gone; the great bell is gone; the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas have vanished, all save one—a broken-handed Jizo of stone, smiling with eyelids closed, under the moon.

    2011, Lafcadio Hearn, Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Vol 1
  2. not comparablePerformed using a broken hand.

    He paddled hard, doing a broken-handed breaststroke, kicking for his life despite the damage in his knees.

    2011, P. T. Deutermann, Pacific Glory: A Novel, →ISBN, page 15

Origin

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