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