What does mutton-fisted mean?

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mutton-fisted

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

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"He was without exception the clumsiest and most mutton-fisted horseman I have ever observed."

more mutton-fisted (comparative) most mutton-fisted (superlative)

ham-fisted

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