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left-handed Definition
(a)
using
or
intended
for
the
lefts
hand
; "
left
-
handed
golfers
need
left
-
handed
clubs
"; "
left
-
handed
scissors
"
(s) (
of
marriages
)
illicit
or
informal
; "
in
Colonial
America
left
-
handed
marriages
between
Frenchmen
and
Indians
were
frequent
"
(s) (
of
marriages
)
of
a
marriage
between
one
of
royal
or
noble
birth
and
one
of
lower
rank
;
valid
but
with
the
understanding
that
the
rank
of
the
inferior
remains
unchanged
and
offspring
do
not
succeed
to
titles
or
property
of
the
superior
(s)
rotating
to
the
left
(s)
ironically
ambiguous
; "
a
left
-
handed
compliment
"
(s)
not
skillful
in
physical
movement
especially
with
the
hands
; "
a
bumbling
mechanic
"; "
a
bungling
performance
"; "
ham
-
handed
governmental
interference
"; "
could
scarcely
empty
a
scuttle
of
ashes
,
so
handless
was
the
poor
creature
"-
Mary
H
.
Vorse
left-handed Synonyms
bumbling
bungling
butterfingered
ham-fisted
ham-handed
handless
heavy-handed
left-handed
levorotary
levorotatory
morganatic
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