right-hander
a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
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
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How to use right-hander in a sentence
"Palmer always keeps his word," beamed Weaver, putting the right hander back in the rotation.
Senators manager Bucky Harris signaled to the bullpen to send in a right-hander named Paul Hopkins.
He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneIt was no light tap, for the young motorist put all his heart and science into that darting right-hander.
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. MatthewsTom would have passed peaceably on his way, but the stranger suddenly let go a terrific right-hander.
The Young Engineers in Arizona | H. Irving Hancock
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 HumeThe 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
a blow with the right hand
a person who is right-handed
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