southpaw

WOTD - 30 September 2006    

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• IPA: /ˈsaʊθˌpɔː/, SAMPA: /saUT%pO:/

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Noun

southpaw (plural southpaws)

1. (informal) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.
2. (baseball) A left-handed pitcher.

   Since home plate is generally in the southwest corner to avoid glare in the batter's eyes, a southpaw's pitching hand is to the south.

3. A left-handed writer who, instead of mirroring right-handed writers, turn his or her hand upsidedown in order to put the writing implement in the same position as right-handed writers.

Translations

informal: one who is left-handed

Basque: ezkerti (eu) Finnish: vasuri (fi) French: gaucher (fr) m. German: Linkshänder (de) m.

Japanese: 左利き (ja) (ひだりきき, hidarikiki) Polish: mańkut (pl) m., leworęczny (pl) m. Russian: левша (ru) (levšá) m. and f. Spanish: zurdo (es) m.

baseball: left-handed pitcher

Finnish: vasuri (fi)

Japanese: サウスポー (ja) (さうすぽー, sausupō)

left-handed writer who turns their hand upside down to write

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Dutch: linkshandig (nl)

Kurdish: destçep (ku)