lefty
1 Americannoun
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a left-winger
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a left-handed person
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lefty1
First recorded in 1925–30; left 1 + -y 2
Origin of lefty2
Example Sentences
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They need Betts to be that right-handed hitter who will keep opposing pitchers honest in a lineup of lefty stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Matthew Liberatore, a young lefty for the St. Louis Cardinals, was thrilled when his curveball was featured on PitchingNinja.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"She is fearless, she takes the ball early, she is a lefty," he said on his podcast Off Court With Greg Rusedski.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ace lefty Blake Snell, flamethrowing righty Tyler Glasnow and newly acquired closer Edwin Díaz have been injured for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The pages were filled with my cramped hieroglyphics, a byproduct of being born a lefty.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Tongue averages 21.5 against right-handers but 35.7 against lefties.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
But it faces a mammoth task, with polls showing that the Green Party -- newly headed by a charismatic leader 30 years younger than Corbyn -- is mopping up most disaffected lefties.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
The two joysticks accommodate righties or lefties, but you only use one to fly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Except that we’re both lefties and in about a half hour he’ll be saying, “Oreos?”
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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