bad hand
noun
Roget 701:
bungler;
blunderer,
blunderhead†;
marplot,
fumbler,
lubber,
duffer,
dauber,
stick;
bad hand,
poor hand,
poor shot;
butterfingers†.
no conjurer,
flat,
muff,
slow coach,
looby†,
lubber,
swab;
clod,
yokel,
awkward squad,
blanc-bec;
galoot†.
land lubber;
fresh water sailor,
fair weather sailor;
horse marine;
fish out of water,
ass in lion's skin,
jackdaw in peacock's feathers;
quack
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
lord of misrule.
sloven,
slattern,
trapes†.
amateur,
novice,
greenhorn
(learner)
541.
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Roget 590:
writing
etc.
v.;
chirography,
stelography†,
cerography†;
penmanship,
craftmanship†;
quill driving;
typewriting.
writing,
manuscript,
MS. ,
literae scriptae [Lat.];
these presents.
stroke of the pen,
dash of the pen;
coupe de plume;
line;
headline;
pen and ink.
letter
etc.
561;
uncial writing,
cuneiform character,
arrowhead,
Ogham,
Runes,
hieroglyphic;
contraction;
Brahmi†,
Devanagari,
Nagari;
script.
shorthand;
stenography,
brachygraphy†,
tachygraphy†;
secret writing,
writing in cipher;
cryptography,
stenography;
phonography†,
pasigraphy†,
Polygraphy†,
logography†.
copy;
transcript,
rescript;
rough copy,
fair copy;
handwriting;
signature,
sign manual;
autograph,
monograph,
holograph;
hand,
fist.
calligraphy;
good hand,
running hand,
flowing hand,
cursive hand,
legible hand,
bold hand.
cacography†,
griffonage†,
barbouillage†;
bad hand,
cramped hand,
crabbed hand,
illegible hand;
scribble
etc.
v.;
pattes de mouche [Fr.];
ill-formed letters;
pothooks and hangers.
stationery;
pen,
quill,
goose quill;
pencil,
style;
paper,
foolscap,
parchment,
vellum,
papyrus,
tablet,
slate,
marble,
pillar,
table;
blackboard;
ink bottle,
ink horn,
ink pot,
ink stand,
ink well;
typewriter.
transcription
etc.
(copy)
21;
inscription
etc.
(record)
551;
superscription
etc.
(indication)
550;
graphology.
composition,
authorship;
cacoethes scribendi [Lat.];
graphoidea†,
graphomania†;
phrenoia†.
writer,
scribe,
amanuensis,
scrivener,
secretary,
clerk,
penman,
copyist,
transcriber,
quill driver;
stenographer,
typewriter,
typist;
writer for the press
etc.
(author)
593.
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