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Show IDIOMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH. Varying Expressions Used to Denote Left-Handedncss. Most parts of Great Hrltain havo Idiomatic expressions to denote left-handedness left-handedness and .they nro often prefixed pre-fixed tc tho unfortunate left-handed child's name. In I-ondoti the term Js knack-handed, tho word being also ctpilvnlent to awkward. In I-ancashlro It Is k-pawed, In Yorkshire gallock or gawk-handed, an expression dating back to at least the seventeenth century. cen-tury. In Derbyshire arc used the terms keg-handed, cork-handed, or corky-handed, while In tho Tcesdalo district cuddy-handed Is common, nnd In Nottinghamshire wallet-handed, In tho south of ICngland special terms to denote left-haiidcdness aro also found. In Dorset It is scrame-hnnded nnd In Devonshire coochy-handod. In Scotland Scot-land gawk-handed Is used nnd in tho west cawry-handed. In Ireland a left-handed left-handed man Is called a klthogiic. |