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brokenhanded

brokenhanded is the alternative form of broken-handed.

Meaning of broken-handed

Adjective

broken-handed (not comparable)

  1. Having a hand that is broken.
    • If one of them is broken-handed or lame or dumb or blind or deaf—he is not declared a son stubborn and rebellious, as it is said 'Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,' which is impossible if they be broken-handed;1916, University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register, Volume 65
  2. Performed using a broken hand.
    • He paddled hard, doing a broken-handed breaststroke, kicking for his life despite the damage in his knees.2011, P. T. Deutermann, Pacific Glory: A Novel, →ISBN, page 15

Origin of brokenhanded

From broken + handed.

Questions about brokenhanded

What is brokenhanded the alternative form of?
Brokenhanded is the alternative form of broken-handed.

Words near brokenhanded in the dictionary

  1. Brokenborough
  2. Brokenboroughs
  3. Brokenbrow
  4. Brokenbrows
  5. brokeness
  6. brokenhanded
  7. Brokenhead
  8. brokenhearted
  9. brokenheartedly
  10. brokenheartedness
  11. brokenhillite

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