one-armed

adj

one-armed

adj

UK /ˌwʌnɑːmd/ · US /ˌwʌnɑɹmd/

Etymology From one + armed.

1

Having only one arm; especially having lost an arm.

  • "Hope I'm not talking out of school but I do feel you acted unwisely by employing a one-armed chauffeur."1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 152:
Derived terms
busy as a one-armed paper hanger, one-armed bandit, one-armed router
Related terms
two-armed, three-armed, four-armed, one-legged

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