2004, Rob Rains, Rawlings Presents Big Stix: The Greatest Hitters in the History of the Major Leagues, He was a shortstop then, and he hit with a crosshanded grip — nobody had taught him the proper way to hold a bat.
2011, Lawrence Block, A Ticket to the Boneyard, I moved the gun to the left side of my abdomen and practiced a crosshanded draw, but I liked that even less, and I thought about trying the shoulder holster again.
1873, The Gospel standard, or Feeble Christian's support, So he answered me in a crosshanded way. And 0, friends, I was brought so low as to be glad of a crumb.
Adverb
crosshanded
2011, Harvey Penick, And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Furthur Reflections of a Grown Caddie., The first time they pick up a golf club and swing it, most children do it crosshanded.
1993, Thomas Johnson, Rescuing Claire, She grabbed her sweater crosshanded at the bottom, and with a swift snap (sail in a storm, flag in a strong breeze, whip on a horse's flank) was left with only her leotard (also black).
1975, A. Th. M. Balen, First International Symposium on Artificial Lens implantation, If the required backhand stroke has not been made the surgeon finds himself unable to perform this essential manual aid, (unless he can work 'crosshanded').
2015, Washington Irving, Astoria; or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains, The merchant fishermen at the falls acted as middlemen or factors, and passed the objects of traffic, as it were, crosshanded; trading away part of the wares received from the mountain tribes to those of the rivers and plains, and vice versa
2004, Michael Winter, The Big Why: A Novel, Tom rowed crosshanded for half an hour.
1978, Anwar El Sadat & ‎Raphael Israeli, The Public Diary of President Sadat - Part 1, But it must be clear that it is inconceivable that Israel should introduce nuclear weapons to this zone while we watch crosshanded.
