English to English adjective
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using or intended for the left hand | | Example: left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs left-handed scissors
source: wordnet30 adjective satellite
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(of marriages) illicit or informal | | Example: in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent
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(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 | | source: wordnet30
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rotating to the left | | source: wordnet30
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ironically ambiguous | | Example: a left-handed compliment
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lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | | Example: a bumbling mechanic a bungling performance ham-handed governmental interference could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature
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