main gauche
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of main gauche
< French: literally, left hand
Example Sentences
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Truly the Romeo and Juliet de la main gauche.
From Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de
The rise of duelling produced another type, called the main gauche, which was a parrying weapon and often had a toothed edge on which the adversary’s sword was caught and broken.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
He was born a gentleman à la main gauche.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
His own origin was too recent to make an alliance of this kind desirable, and he wished that she had been a princess; even de la main, gauche of some royal house.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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