hunt-and-peck adjective

1. using only one or two fingers when typing on a keyboard
   • ● a hunt-and-peck typist

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hunt and peck
n. phr., informal Picking out typewriter keys by sight, usually with one or two fingers; not memorizing the keys.
Many newspaper reporters do their typing by hunt and peck.
■ Often used, with hyphens, as an adjective.
Mr. Barr taught himself to type, and he uses the hunt-and-peck system.

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