Clumsy+workman

  • 11bungler — n. Botcher, lout, mismanager, lubber, fumbler, clumsy workman, bad hand (at anything), fresh water sailor …

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  • 12cobbler — n. 1. Mender of shoes. 2. Clumsy workman, bungler, botcher. 3. Iced sangaree, sherry cobbler …

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  • 13cobbler — cob•bler [[t]ˈkɒb lər[/t]] n. 1) a person who mends shoes 2) coo a deep dish fruit pie with a thick biscuit crust, usu. only on top 3) vin an iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit and sugar 4) archaic a clumsy workman • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME …

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  • 14cob|bler — «KOB luhr», noun. 1. a person whose work is mending shoes. 2. a clumsy workman; botcher: »Thou cobbler, botching the socks of bombast oratory (Robert Burns). 3. U.S. a fruit pie baked in a deep dish, usually with a crust only on top. 4. an iced… …

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  • 15bungling — adjective 1. showing lack of skill or aptitude a bungling workman did a clumsy job his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf • Syn: ↑clumsy, ↑fumbling, ↑incompetent • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 16fumbling — adjective showing lack of skill or aptitude (Freq. 1) a bungling workman did a clumsy job his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf • Syn: ↑bungling, ↑clumsy, ↑incompetent …

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  • 17Elizabethan furniture — is the form which the Renaissance took in England in furniture and general ornament, and in furniture it is as distinctive a form as its French and Italian counterparts. Gradual emergence For many years Gothic architecture had been forgetting its …

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  • 18stiff — Synonyms and related words: Arab, Bowery bum, Latinate, a bit much, abandoned, abusive, adamant, adamantine, afflictive, alcoholic, all thumbs, aloof, arduous, arid, artificial, ashes, austere, awkward, balker, balky horse, barren, beach bum,… …

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  • 19Botcher — Botch er, n. 1. One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.) A young salmon; a grilse. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 20Bungler — Bun gler, n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. [1913 Webster] If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow. [1913 Webster] …

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