Meanings
comparative more cow handed · superlative most cow handed · alternative cow-handed
- 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 42 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 66Of 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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