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Awk   Listen
adjective
Awk  adj.  
1.
Odd; out of order; perverse. (Obs.)
2.
Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). (Obs.)
3.
Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Awk" Quotes from Famous Books



... an unforgivin' sort of feller, remembers things against a man—if you understand what I mean. Then there's 'Dutchy', as we calls him—that chap that pushed hisself for'ard when we hoisted in your boat—he's an awk'ard feller to get on with, too; hates bein' ordered about, and don't believe in discipline. He and Svorenssen will both be in my watch, and I'll see to it that they minds their P's and Q's. The other two aren't so bad; but they'd be a lot better if Svorenssen ...
— The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn • Harry Collingwood



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