keck-handed

comparative more keck-handed · superlative most keck-handed · alternative keckhanded

1. alternativeAlternative form of cack-handed.

   In the upshot, it looks like equal numbers of right-handed and keck-handed.

   1982, New Society - Volume 61, page 305

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   D'Oliveira and Barbirolli smiled elatedly as if handing on a bat or a baton, unaware they'd bestowed their attention on a keck-handed, tone-deaf imposter who wasn't collecting signatures anyway, who just happened to be standing in the right place and was then pushed forwards with a pen and paper.

   2011, Jamie McKendrick, Ink Stone, →ISBN

   The amateur who can handle ordinary carpenter's tools and is generally dexterous has a very definite advantage over one who is unpractical and keck-handed.

   1971, John Benson Sidgwick, R. C. Gamble, Amateur Astronomer's Handbook, →ISBN, page 21