cack-handed


cack–hand·ed

adj \ˈkak-ˌhan-dəd\

Definition of CACK-HANDED

1
British : left-handed 1
2
British : clumsy, awkward

Origin of CACK-HANDED

English dialect cack, keck awkward
First Known Use: 1854

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