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southpaw

[ south-paw ]

noun

  1. a person who is left-handed.
  2. Sports.
    1. a player who throws with the left hand, especially a pitcher.
    2. 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

  1. a boxer who leads with his right hand and off his right foot as opposed to the orthodox style of leading with the left
  2. any left-handed person


adjective

  1. of or relating to a southpaw

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Word History and Origins

Origin of southpaw1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; south + paw 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of southpaw1

C20: from paw (in the sense: hand): originally a term applied to a left-handed baseball player: perhaps so called because baseball pitchers traditionally face west, so that a left-handed pitcher would throw with the hand on the south side of his body

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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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