CACK-HANDED


Meaning of CACK-HANDED in English

/ ˌkæk ˈhændɪd; NAmE / adjective

( BrE , informal , disapproving ) a cack-handed person often drops or breaks things or does things badly

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from cack , in the sense excrement , + hand + -ed .

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