ham-handed

ham-handed {adj.}, {slang}

1. Having very large hands.

Pete is a big, ham-handed man who used to be a football player.

2. See: HEAVY-HANDED.

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heavy-handed

[heavy-handed] {adj.} 1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy. * /George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball./ * /My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed./ * /Tim […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

high-handed

[high-handed] {adj.} Depending on force rather than right; bossy; dictatorial. * /With high-handed daring, John helped himself to the best food on the table./ * /Mr. Smith was a high-handed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[left-handed] {adj.}, {informal} 1. Using the left hand habitually. 2. Crooked; phoney; homosexual. * /Morris is such a left-handed guy./ 3. Clumsy; untoward; awkward. * /Grab that hammer and stop […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

red-handed

[red-handed] {adj.} In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. * /The criminal was caught red-handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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