lefty
noun
a left-handed person.
leftie
-
a variation of
lefty.
Example Sentences
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"And obviously, it goes without saying that we discuss, because there are two leftie openers, number three is left-handed."
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The vignette about Joni Mitchell staying overnight in the Cohen family home and Cohen’s roots as a leftie summer camp folk singer are delightful.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
The Liermans decided to buy a house in the famously leftie neighborhood of Takoma Park because they liked its racial and ethnic diversity.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2020
Lewis, she talks about God, politics and other unmentionables, and gently exhorts her readers, as she does herself, to find joy in a bleak and chaotic world: a leftie guru of optimism.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2018
And the debut of a 24-year-old leftie pitcher wouldn't normally make this fixture any more noteworthy.
From BBC ● May 12, 2018
