单词 | cuddy wifter |
释义 | cuddy wiftern. English regional (north-eastern). A left-handed person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > favouring one side > person ciotóg1832 left-footer1864 right-footer1864 southpaw1871 right-hander1885 sinistral1889 port-sider1899 molly-hander1911 molly-dook1922 dextral1927 lefty1927 cuddy wifter1929 molly-dooker1934 northpaw1960 1929 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. 5 16 A person who bowls left-handed is a cuddy-wifter. 1970 N.Y. Times 24 May 32/1 Are you a cuddy wifter, maybe kayneived, gibble-fisted or dolly-pawed? 1993 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Sept. 9 The world's keggy-fisters and cuddy-wifters seem to have semi-accepted that they suffer from a poor image. 2017 @JohnHar78 13 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Proud to be a cuddy wifter! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929 |
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