Meanings
adjectivecar-handed (not comparable)
- Scotlandnot comparableLeft-handed.
Farm labourers are apt to turn back from their work and go to bed on meeting a car-handed neighbour, he says.
2006, Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, Alan Tuffery, Words We Use, page 19
Origin
- Scottish Gaeliccaerr“awkward”
- Englishcar-handed
Northern and Scottish dialects from Scottish Gaelic caerr (“awkward”) + handed.
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APA
car-handed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car-handed
MLA
“car-handed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car-handed. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “car-handed,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car-handed.
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