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southpaw
[ south-paw ]
noun
- a person who is left-handed.
- Sports.
- a player who throws with the left hand, especially a pitcher.
- Boxing. a boxer who leads with the right hand and stands with the right foot forward, using the left hand for the most powerful blows.
adjective
southpaw
/ ˈsaʊθˌpɔː /
noun
- a boxer who leads with his right hand and off his right foot as opposed to the orthodox style of leading with the left
- any left-handed person
adjective
- of or relating to a southpaw
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of southpaw1
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Example Sentences
The four-part story of Henry Wiggen begins with The Southpaw, which was published a year after The Natural.
He was one of the pitchers who when he was good was very good indeed, and on that day his southpaw slants were simply unhittable.
Then a veritable torrent of hits broke from the Bostons bats and drove the southpaw from the mound.
At the age when its purity was whitest, a great moon hung midway between Southpaw peak and Moon mountain.
The enemy over in Southpaw had already advanced the prophecy that they would take the meeting-house.
Over in Southpaw the enemy gazed down from the heights upon this spectacle in amazement.
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