I had to ride the Albemarle bus to work, and it was unhandy. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Alice P. Evitt, July 18, 1979. Interview H-0162. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
It is a damned unhandy thing to hunt with in a lot of other situations, too. From Wordnik.com. [Why Shorter is Better] Reference
"Meat may be a little unhandy to get in the rear of that straggling band," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Bill's Last Trail] Reference
These unhandy travellers cluttered up our access to the water with their noisy struggles. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
And he's kind of slim and retirin ', and not so unhandy to have round as some men would be. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
They seemed just as unhandy with camels as at first; so not till dusk did we cross the railway. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
The nearest cave mouths were an unhandy distance above her, to one side, below her on the other. From Wordnik.com. [DragonFlight]
See he's extremely unhandy, and these were the first blinds he's ever hung and he did it brilliantly!. From Wordnik.com. [EXHAUSTED!] Reference
In a trench, a trowel is rather unhandy to work with, while the hands can be used to better advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Plumbing] Reference
Don't let me prate, for I am rough and unhandy at it; but give me your hand like an honest man, and say. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
It seems that everyone wants to recycle, but some consider the process either too futuristic or too unhandy. From Wordnik.com. [AfterGlow Chair – Luminous Chair Made from Recycled Milk Jugs] Reference
It seems as if everything on the place was devised to make work as hard, unhandy, and wrong-end-to as possible. '. From Wordnik.com. [A California Girl] Reference
Lacedaemonians, who were altogether unhandy and inexperienced in storming, they took the camp with great slaughter of the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
Last weekend I asked my very handy dad to come over and replace a broken faucet in the kitchen since J and I are so very unhandy. From Wordnik.com. [Tuna Toast] Reference
Clotheslines blossomed with rugs, bedspreads, curtains, and all the things unhandy for drying in the kitchens through the winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dollmaker] Reference
'It's a little unhandy fur me to hold up so quick!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Huge Hunter Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies] Reference
I remember thinking how unhandy that particular job was. From Wordnik.com. [Man Overboard!] Reference
I can give you a job an 'welcome, but you'll be green an' unhandy. From Wordnik.com. [The Branding Iron] Reference
There are other Dwarfs, but they are as unhandy as they are misshapen. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths] Reference
At first glance it resembles an iPhone in unhandy, non-pocket-sized form. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Apple Doubles iPhone Download Limit Over 3G] Reference
It was monstrous unhandy to git to it, but I was termined not to back out. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader] Reference
It was the decision that the two frigates were unhandy for cruising inshore. From Wordnik.com. [Blackbeard: Buccaneer] Reference
It's unhandy just now, because Tim Corrigan's in Europe for a week's end with. From Wordnik.com. [Strictly business: more stories of the four million] Reference
The hardest thing to follow, for me, were the numerous unhandy Soviet names of the players. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
In spite of pulling every handy and unhandy wire I am still billeted on this ridiculous desk. From Wordnik.com. [Greener Than You Think] Reference
"Yes," he assented, "I suppose so; if the name's too unhandy for calling, I can have a nickname.". From Wordnik.com. [Love's Pilgrimage] Reference
She was heavy, clumsy, unhandy -- but that does not quite explain that power for mischief she had. From Wordnik.com. [A Set of Six] Reference
It comes unhandy, his leavin ', now the term's just started and most all the applicants took a'ready. From Wordnik.com. [Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch] Reference
Grant's mother called the future General and President, "Useless Grant," because he was so unhandy and dull. From Wordnik.com. [How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune] Reference
Merrimac was most unhandy, and on the ebb tide there would be shoals enough between us and a berth for the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
But, the sides and ends being sewed to the roof made it unhandy to use as a shelter, when shelter was needed on short notice. From Wordnik.com. [Woodcraft] Reference
But tell Hannah to stir her stumps and serve supper -- though I'd fain do it myself, the poor old soul is getting so unhandy! '. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
Nothing is more unwieldy than our big blanket-sheets: they are awkward to handle, inconvenient to read, unhandy to bind and preserve. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
Sarah had managed to pry apart the shells with her unhandy weapon far enough to nibble a wee bit at the cold and clammy world within. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Million] Reference
Though Heaven knows how unhandy the pen is to me who was always readier with sword than ink-horn when I left London two long years since. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Handicap] Reference
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