lefty

[lef-tee] Origin

left·y

1[lef-tee]
noun, plural left·ies. Informal.
1.
a left-handed person.
2.
a leftist.
Also, leftie.


Origin:
1925–30; left1 + -y2

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Lefty is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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left·y

2[lef-tee] Informal.
adjective
2.
leftist; left-wing.
adverb
3.
with the left hand; in a left-handed manner: He bats lefty.

Origin:
1885–90; left1 + -y1

Carl·ton

[kahrl-tuhn]
noun
1.
Stephen Norman (“Steve”; “Lefty”), born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
2.
a male given name.

Grove

[grohv]
noun
1.
Sir George, 1820–1900, English musicologist.
2.
Robert Moses (“Lefty”), 1900–75, U.S. baseball player.
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lefty (ˈlɛftɪ)
 
n , pl lefties
1.  a left-winger
2.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) a left-handed person

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grove
O.E. graf (akin to græafa "thicket"), from P.Gmc. *graibo-, but not found in other Gmc. languages and with no known cognates anywhere.
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