plural lefties
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: an advocate of leftism
lefty adjective

Examples of lefty in a Sentence

Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
Recent Examples on the Web Did someone cut off his sleeves with lefty scissors? Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024 It was soon announced that lefty reliever Tanner Banks had been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024 Dans kidded Ramos about his lefty politics and regaled him with talk of supply-side economics and Reagan. Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 Aug. 2024 After trading Caleb Ferguson, Tim Hill is the only active lefty in the Yankees’ pen. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for lefty 

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Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 18 Aug. 2024.

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