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lefty

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R U Left Handed?
We have every lefty gift & tool accessory & necessity in fun colors
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left⋅y

1  [lef-tee]
–noun, plural left⋅ies. Informal.
1. a left-handed person.
2. a leftist.
Use lefty in a Sentence
Also, leftie.

Origin:
1925–30; left 1 + -y 2
R U Left Handed?
We have every lefty gift & tool accessory & necessity in fun colors
www.LeftysLeftHanded.com

left⋅y

2  [lef-tee] Informal.
–adjective
1. left-handed.
2. leftist; left-wing.
–adverb
3. with the left hand; in a left-handed manner: He bats lefty.
Origin:
1885–90; left 1 + -y 1

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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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left·y   (lěf'tē)   
n.   pl. left·ies

  1. A left-handed person.

  2. An advocate or member of the political left.

adv.  With the left hand or in a left-handed manner: throws lefty; bats lefty.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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