"Left-Handed" is a word in ENGLISH
Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister;
malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a
watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc.,
looked at from a given direction.
Having the left hand or arm stronger and more
dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more
dexterity than the right.
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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On a drive in the country, a city slicker noticed a farmer lifting a pig up to an apple tree and holding the pig there as it ate one apple after another."Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about," said the city slicker, "but if you just shook the tree so the apples fell to the ground, wouldn't it save a lot of time?""Time?" said the farmer. "What does time matter to a pig?"
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