loose-handed vs shandy

loose-handed

adj
  • Wild or uncontrolled. 

  • Sketchy and flowing rather than geometric and precise. 

  • Aimless 

  • Lenient, permissive. 

  • With open hand (as opposed to a fist). 

  • Characterized by broad sweeping movements. 

  • Involving wrist action. 

  • Casual; undisciplined or haphazard. 

  • Spendthrift, profligate. 

adv
  • With a poor grip. 

shandy

adj
  • wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious 

  • mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated 

  • poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy 

  • unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated 

  • empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy 

noun
  • A glass of this drink. 

  • A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade. 

How often have the words loose-handed and shandy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )