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Left-hander   /lɛft-hˈændər/   Listen
Left-hander

noun
1.
A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.  Synonyms: left-handed pitcher, left hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw.
2.
A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right.  Synonyms: lefty, southpaw.






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"Left-hander" Quotes from Famous Books



... this time and Quincy was more scientific. He gave Wood a left-hander in the region of ...
— Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks - A Picture of New England Home Life • Charles Felton Pidgin

... felt the glove in his face he struck out at Benson, who stopped the blow very neatly, and seemed about to return it with a left-hander; then suddenly changing his style of attack, he rushed within the other's guard, and catching him by the throat with both hands, did his best to strangle him. Hunter, unable to call for help or to loosen the throttling grasp of his assailant, threw himself bodily upon him. As he was about twice ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... lightning-quick tensing of the slumped muscles. Belatedly, he knew what had happened, and he renewed his vise-grip. But he was too late. Eel-like, Gavin had slithered out of the imprisoning arms. And, as these arms came together once more, in the bear-hug, Brice shot over a burning left-hander to the beach-comber's unguarded jaw. Up flew the big arms in belated parry, but not soon enough to block a deliberately-aimed right swing, which Brice drove whizzing ...
— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune



Words linked to "Left-hander" :   hurler, left-handed pitcher, someone, soul, mortal, pitcher, person, southpaw, twirler, somebody, individual



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