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SOUTHPAW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand

Synonyms:

left-handed pitcher; left-hander; left hander; lefthander; lefty; southpaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("southpaw" is a kind of...):

hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right

Example:

their pitcher was a southpaw

Synonyms:

left-hander; lefty; southpaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("southpaw" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

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