cow handed

adjective

awkward

Meanings

adjectivecow handed (comparative more cow handed, superlative most cow handed)

comparative more cow handed · superlative most cow handed · alternative cow-handed

  1. awkward

    But will you ask Mr. Sellmer if all the batters bat "cow handed" like the man on page 33?

    1939 August, The Rotarian, page 4
    2 more examples

    Are you out of work, Mr. Lieber? Should I ask my daddy if you can help with the horses? He'll let you, I think, unless you're cow handed. Are you?

    1982, Relentless Love, page 66

    Of course he had overset the gig, for which he must be faulted, but observing the way he was presently driving, he was by no means cow handed.

    1992, Season of Loving, page 9
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