left hander

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left hander

The left hander winds up to pitch from the mound.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who uses their left hand more skillfully or naturally than their right hand, especially for tasks like writing. This is the general term for a left-handed person. 2. A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand. This is a specific, common usage in sports.

Usage and Examples

  • General Usage:

    • As a left-hander, she had to learn to use scissors designed for right-handed people.
    • The desk was awkwardly positioned for a left-hander.

  • Sports Usage (Baseball):

    • The manager brought in a left-hander to face the powerful right-handed batter.
    • Their starting pitcher is a talented left-hander with a great curveball.
Advanced Usage
  • The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) to describe objects or situations.
    • A left-hander's golf club. (A golf club designed for a left-handed player.)
    • A left-hander advantage. (A situation that favors a left-handed player.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Left-handed (adjective): Describing a person or thing adapted for use by the left hand.
    • He is a left-handed painter.
    • She writes with her left hand.
  • Southpaw (noun, informal): A synonym for a left-handed person, especially a left-handed pitcher in baseball.
Synonyms
  • Left-handed person (general)
  • Southpaw (informal, especially in baseball/boxing)
  • Port-sider (rare, nautical/sports slang)
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "A left-hander's compliment": This is a play on the phrase "left-handed compliment," which means an insult disguised as a compliment. The noun "left-hander" itself is not typically used in idioms, but its adjective form is.
    • He gave me a left-handed compliment about my "surprisingly good" presentation.
left hander

The left hander winds up to pitch from the mound.

Noun
  1. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand

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