plural lefties
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: an advocate of leftism
lefty adjective

Examples of lefty in a Sentence

Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
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Tesla was once a badge of pride for upwardly mobile, environmentally conscious lefties. Allison Morrow, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025 Ben Rice, another lefty, made Smith expendable as a DH option in Stanton’s absence. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025 Junior lefty Nick Nelson pitched the fifth and six innings for the Centurions and senior lefty pitched a clean seventh. Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025 But Draper, the big-serving lefty from Britain, rode his power to the biggest win of his career and had made his first Masters 1,000 final, the level just below the Grand Slams. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lefty

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of lefty was in 1886

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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lefty. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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