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UK
/lˈɛfti/
]
[ US /ˈɫɛfti/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɛfti/ ]
NOUN
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a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
their pitcher was a southpaw - a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
How To Use lefty In A Sentence
- I'm a lefty and I've had enough of the righties.
- All viable candidates are likely to be far to the left of the regional average in lefty-gerrymandered districts and far to the right in right-gerrymandered districts. Matthew Yglesias » Busting More Gerrymandering Myths
- The central tenet of the Baptist faith, “soul competency”, which begat or was begotten by their anti-papism/episcopacy, actually has a lefty component to it. Matthew Yglesias » Things I Did Not Know
- Someone asked about the word asshat, a word with growing utility in our oh-so shrill and radical lefty bloggy discourse. Firedoglake » Gender and Identity Politics
- With runners on second and third, Showalter summoned lefty Brian Shouse from the bullpen and let him pitch.
- Meanwhile, living in Cambridge and knowing a very large number of Unitarian Universalists and various lefty folks, I can attest that not every liberal is "mannered," "self-critical," or "pensive. Philocrites: Beware 'Old Testament' comparisons.
- With Federer blasting forehands, Nadal held his ground with his biting lefty forehands, deft touch around the net and bullet crosscourt backhands. Once in running for best ever, now Federer can't beat Nadal
- Compare that with Warren Spahn, another lefty, and something of a contemporary, who won 20 or more games 13 times and won 23 games at the age of 42.
- The only answer that I can conclude is that they did not trust the lefty activists that they themselves put into that court.
- The importance of the stud starters gets magnified, and Boston has two thoroughbreds in lefty Jon Lester and Josh Beckett. What to watch for in Red Sox-Angels series