hunt-and-peck
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“What changed was the technique to not have to hunt-and-peck for hot water,” Rogers said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
He became adept at hunt-and-peck typing; texting with his right thumb was no longer an option.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022
But if you do want something better than hunt-and-peck and a bank of emoji, you’re out of luck for now.
From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022
Mr. Romney insisted on drafting every chapter — a hunt-and-peck typist, he banged the pages out on the patio of his house in La Jolla, Calif. — then letting Mr. Martin edit.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2012
Par stared at the peeling grey paint in the ancient room, and then watched officers typing out reports using the two-finger hunt-and-peck method on electric typewriters—not a computer in sight.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
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