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- noun Alternative spelling of ham-handedness.
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Examples
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The hamhandedness of that plot point shouldn't distract from the fact that invading tyrants would do exactly that.
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The hamhandedness of that plot point shouldn't distract from the fact that invading tyrants would do exactly that.
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If someone came on that heavy-handed to me, I'd tell him something along the lines of 'If you really believe that you are preaching God's word, may I suggest you stop going about it like an arrogant sonofabitch or you're likely to have your own message thwarted by your hamhandedness, and that being the case you're obviously more interested in stoking your own ego than in doing God's work' and slap him with the ol '
Auden and Vietnam Myers, John B. 1977
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