southpaw

(-pô′)

noun

Slang a person who is left-handed; esp., a left-handed baseball pitcher

Origin: south + paw: the ballpark in Chicago (c. 1885) was so located that the pitcher's left arm was toward the south

adjective

Slang left-handed

See southpaw in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang
A left-handed person, especially a left-handed baseball pitcher.

Origin:

Origin: From the practice in baseball of arranging the diamond with the batter facing east to avoid the afternoon sun. A left-handed pitcher facing west would therefore have his pitching arm toward the south of the diamond

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