cow handed

cow handed

English

Alternative forms

• cow-handed

Adjective

cow handed (comparative more cow handed, superlative most cow handed)

1. awkward
   • 1939 August, The Rotarian‎, page 4:

     But will you ask Mr. Sellmer if all the batters bat "cow handed" like the man on page 33?

   • 1982 Relentless Love, page 66

     Are you out of work, Mr. Lieber? Should I ask my daddy if you can help with the horses? He'll let you, I think, unless you're cow handed. Are you?

   • 1992, Season of Loving‎, page 9:

     Of course he had overset the gig, for which he must be faulted, but observing the way he was presently driving, he was by no means cow handed.