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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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