Usually means: Clumsy or awkward hand movement.
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  1. mutton fist: Merriam-Webster
  2. mutton-fist, mutton fist: Wordnik
  3. mutton fist: Wiktionary
  4. Mutton fist: Dictionary.com
  5. Mutton-fist: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. mutton fist: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Mutton fist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (slang, archaic) A big brawny fist or hand.

Similar:
maniple, mutton, mauley, sheepflesh, mund, muffle, poor man of mutton, sheepmeat, mitten, underground mutton, more...

Opposite:
generosity, open-handedness, liberality

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Similar:
maniple, mutton, mauley, sheepflesh, mund, muffle, poor man of mutton, sheepmeat, mitten, underground mutton, more...

Opposite:
generosity, open-handedness, liberality



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