"car-handed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Northern and Scottish dialects from Scottish Gaelic caerr (“awkward”) + handed. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|caerr||awkward}} Scottish Gaelic caerr (“awkward”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} car-handed (not comparable)
  1. (Scotland) Left-handed. Tags: Scotland, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-car-handed-en-adj-DVVuCyaj Categories (other): Scottish English

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