English

Adjective

mutton-fisted ‎(comparative more mutton-fisted, superlative most mutton-fisted)

1. Clumsy, lacking in manual skill
   • 1937, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 108 (Faber Paper 1972 edition):

     He was without exception the clumsiest and most mutton-fisted horseman I have ever observed.

Synonyms

• ham-fisted