left-hander

[ left-han-der, -han- ]
noun

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

  2. Informal. a slap or punch delivered with the left hand.

Origin of left-hander

1
First recorded in 1860–65; left-hand + -er1

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How to use left-hander in a sentence

  • But a very hard right- and lefthander meets him, and that in each eye, causing him to stagger back.

    Aletta | Bertram Mitford

  • But the complete triumph of the lefthander comes in baseball.

    Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun

British Dictionary definitions for left-hander

left-hander
noun

  1. a blow with the left hand

  2. a left-handed person

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