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Meaning of ‘awk’

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awk

Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]

Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding.

Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.

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