southpaw
southpaw
Definition
☆ south·paw (-pô′)
noun
Slang a person who is left-handed; esp., a left-handed baseball pitcher
Etymology: 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
southpaw
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- stance: In the opening two rounds, Hastie had real difficulty coming to terms with the southpaw stance of his technically gifted opponent.
Browse dictionary entries near southpaw
- southland
- southing
- Southfield
- Southey
- southernwood
- southernmost
- southernism
- southerner
- Southern Uplands
- Southern Sporades
- Southport
- southron
- southward
- southwardly
- southwards
- Southwark
- southwest
- southwest by south
- southwest by west
- southwester
