right-hander

[ rahyt-han-der, -han- ]

noun
  1. a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.

  2. Informal.

    • a slap or punch delivered with the right hand.

    • a throw or toss, as in basketball, made with the right hand.

Origin of right-hander

1
First recorded in 1855–60

Words Nearby right-hander

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How to use right-hander in a sentence

  • Rupert dodged and tried to close: but at that moment another figure dashed between the two men and delivered a right-hander.

    The Mandarin's Fan | Fergus Hume
  • The monkey-faced polypus replied not a word, but delivered a right-hander that might have felled a small horse.

    The Battery and the Boiler | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for right-hander

right-hander

noun
  1. a blow with the right hand

  2. a person who is right-handed

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