brokenhanded en · ADJ
Etymology
From broken + handed.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of broken-handed.
alt of broken-handed
I noticed a quarrel between an old brokenhanded baboon and a young dude with fine fur.
1917, Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, World Outlook - Volume 3, page 24:For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 21:18-20:Mighty projects countermanded ; Rash ambition, brokenhanded ; Puny man and scentless rose Tormenting Pan to double the dose.
1883, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems (Alphonso of Castile):