1914, Hoard's Dairyman - Volume 46, He also had a son named Dave who thought milking a pretty tough job, and who imagined he was getting weak-handed and on the way to milker's paralysis.
2014, William Osborn Stoddard, With the Black Prince, It was no weapon for one at all weak-handed.
2012, Victor Villasenor, Macho!, No more weak-handed handshakes.
1897, Hezekiah Butterworth, True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin, It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects.
2013, H.G. Wells, The H.G. Wells Anthology, We have been mealy-mouthed and weak-handed; we have trifled and temporised and the Food has grown and grown.
2014, Max Brand, Three Who Paid, Cold Feet was a futile, weak-handed little coward.
2014, Wayne Root, The Murder of the Middle Class, This flushing out of weak-handed, short-term gold speculators will prove a valuable entry point for those who have felt they missed the gold rush over the last few years.
1812, David Macpherson, The history of the European commerce with India, With this heroic resolution, he put himself into the hands of the Zamorin with a retinue of only twelve men, being unwilling to leave the ships weak-handed for the sake of an unavailing and empty parade of attendance.
1827, Phillip Parker King, Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed Between the Years 1818 and 1822, We were now very weak-handed; three men, besides Mr. Bedwell who was still an invalid, being ill, considerably reduced our strength
1842, Sylvanus Urban (pseud. van Edward Cave.), Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Owing to various stoppages occasioned by the necessity of procuring supplies of wood, a duty of peculiar difficulty in the weak-handed condition of the vessel, she did not reach the open sea until the 29th.
2014, Charles Reade, Delphi Complete Works of Charles Reade, He felt himself so weak-handed with only Robinson, who might leave him, and a shepherd lad he had just hired.
1906, University of Cincinnati Studies - Volume 2, Should he be weak-handed (poor), he is compelled to be content with what is termed girdling, which consists in cutting the bark, thereby, of course, killing the trees, and he afterwards clears away the underwood, which is seldom considerable.
Adverb
weak-handed
(shooting) With gun held in hands that are not braced to stengthen the grip.
2012, Jennifer Pearsall, Gun Digest Illustrated Guide to Modern Firearms, Its cold hammer-forged barrel is beyond accurate, and the ergonomic grip is all it takes to stay steady in awkward shooting positions or when shooting weak-handed.
2012, Brian Enos, Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals, And if the targets require you to make really awkward leans from your freestyle position, don't ever rule out the possibility of engaging the targets strong-handed or even possibly weak-handed.
2014, Lawrence N. Blum, Force under Pressure, Let's face it, while there is obvious benefit to range shooting, standing at the fifteen-yard line at a barricade shooting three shots strong-handed and three shots weak-handed just does not equate to the elements the officer will experience if he or she is involved in a tactical encounter containing moving multiple suspects and lethal threat.
