http://the-penultimate-word.com/2011/10/25/ham-handed-clumsy/ A daily blog commenting on words that we use in everyday speech. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://the-penultimate-word.com/2011/10/25/ham-handed-clumsy/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Jed Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:57:06 +0000 http://www.the-penultimate-word.com/?p=7928#comment-1506 You’re absolutely correct that the term “ham-fisted” is authentic. However, it is shown in my resources as an alternative to “ham-handed.” Ham-fisted may be more common in GB than in the US, but here the more common term is ham-handed. Either way, the meaning is clear.

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