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cack-handed Note: This page may contain terms or definitions that are offensive or inappropriate for some readers.cack-handedleft-handed; clumsy, awkwardcack-hand·ed C0009900 (kăk′hăn′dĭd)adj. Chiefly British 1. Left-handed.2. Awkward; clumsy. [Perhaps from Old Norse keikr, bent backwards; akin to Danish keite, left-handed.]cack-handed (ˌkækˈhændɪd) adj1. left-handed2. clumsy[from dialect cack excrement, from the fact that clumsy people usually make a mess; via Middle Low German or Middle Dutch from Latin cacāre to defecate]Translationscack-handed Note: This page may contain terms or definitions that are offensive or inappropriate for some readers.cack-handed1. Unskilled or clumsy with one's hands. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. No, I'm too cack-handed to repair that delicate figurine.2. Inept in one's personal interactions. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Tommy is so cack-handed that he'll never be able to mediate this situation. |