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mutton-fisted

mutton-fisted adjective: clumsy, lacking in manual skill.

Adjective

mutton-fisted (comparative more mutton-fisted, superlative most mutton-fisted)

  1. Clumsy, lacking in manual skill
    • He was without exception the clumsiest and most mutton-fisted horseman I have ever observed.1937, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 108 (Faber Paper 1972 edition)
    Synonyms:
    ham-fisted

Synonyms of mutton-fisted

Forms of mutton-fisted

comparativemore mutton-fisted
superlativemost mutton-fisted

Questions about mutton-fisted

What does mutton-fisted mean?
Mutton-fisted means clumsy, lacking in manual skill.
What part of speech is mutton-fisted?
Mutton-fisted is an adjective.

Words near mutton-fisted in the dictionary

  1. mutton shunters
  2. mutton snapper
  3. mutton snappers
  4. Mutton Walk
  5. mutton-chop whiskers
  6. mutton-fisted
  7. mutton-monger
  8. mutton-mongers
  9. mutton-thumper
  10. mutton-thumpers
  11. muttonbird

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