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mollydooker
 n.— «We cackhanders have copped many, at best patronising, nicknames across the generations. (One researcher has claimed to have found 88 terms for lefties.) Cuddy wifter is my personal favourite, challenged by scoochy, skiffle-handed, gibble-fisted, cow-pawed, squiffy, molly dook and keggy-handed.» —“Writer Left Out In A Left-Handed World” by Pat Rogers Australian Financial Review May 16, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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