(of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
Someone who is left-handed uses their left hand rather than their right hand for activities such as writing and sports and for picking things up. There is a place in London that supplies practically everything for left-handed people. right-handed Left-handed is also an adverb. My father thought that I'd be at a disadvantage if I wrote left-handed
(of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors
not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H Vorse