Well, according to Mum, it's why she does things back to front, because she was originally left-handed but was forced to learn to use her right (by religious nuns and stupid superstition). Hence, it means doing things the wrong way around, back-to-front, inside-out.
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Date: 2004-05-27 08:59 pm (UTC)Huh. Maybe it is a real, and archaic, word.