leftyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɛfti/, U.S.

/ˈlɛfti/

Forms: see left adj.¹, n., and adv. and -y suffix⁶.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: left adj.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < left adj.¹ + -y suffix⁶.

colloquial.

A. adj.

1. North American (chiefly Baseball). Of a person: left-handed.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > favouring one side

right-handeda1398

left-handeda1425

left hand1440

left-legged1606

sinister1818

katy-handed1822

left-footed1832

right-sided1850

cack-handed1854

dextral1871

sinistral1871

left-sided1875

lefty1886

southpaw1886

handed1910

molly-dook1941

1886 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 7 Apr. 2/4 In last Wednesday's [baseball] game Nashville presented her left-handed battery..to offset our ‘lefty’ battery.

1930 Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald 4 June (Sports section) Gene Belne another lefty pitcher.

1969 Washington Post 28 Mar. c1/8 The only lefty batter was Del Unser.

2007 P. Golenbock 7 226 Managers didn't overmanage the way they do now, bringing in a lefty pitcher to face a lefty hitter.

2. Characterized by or relating to views to the left of a spectrum of opinion, esp. in politics. Frequently somewhat depreciative. Cf. left wing adj.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > left

left1794

red1848

left wing1873

leftist1895

leftish1899

left-wingish1926

left-wingy1936

lefty1937

left-leaning1938

1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love iv. ii. 170 Red Dope for Leftie School-teachers.

1972 Observer 22 Oct. 29/1 Magazines and news-sheets..full of Lefty names and too-ready inferences.

1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 362 If PC is a threat, then it shows the success of some of that lefty feminist stuff.

2013 Church Times 20 Dec. 45/3 The Archbishop's attack on Wonga showed a way to stand up for the poor without looking lefty.

3. Of a tool, instrument, etc.: designed to be used with the left hand or by a left-handed person. Cf. left hand adj. 5, left-handed adj. 1b.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [adjective] > worked by hand > right or left, one or two

two-handy1648

left-handeda1657

two-handed1657

uphand1678

left hand1776

single-handed1834

right-handed1891

lefty1954

1954 Progress-Index (Petersburg, Va.) 9 July 18/5 Lefty Scissors... There are so many left-handed dressmakers in Britain today that manufacturers are now producing special left-handed shears.

1958 Pop. Mech. Mag. June 55/1 (advt.) ‘Lefty’ shears for southpaws.

1978 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 14 June (Life Today section) f1/2 To the left-handed cook, hunting down a lefty can opener..can be as exciting as whipping up a successful souffle.

2004 H. Bordowitz Noise of World 96 I'm a lefty and I play with a righty guitar... If I'd learned with a lefty guitar, I probably would be much better.

B. n.

†1. A nickname for: a person or thing situated on the left-hand side. Cf. righty n. 1. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

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1906 J. K. Bangs Andiron Tales ii. 23 ‘With that,’ said the Righthandiron, ‘Skihigh clapped Ebenezer into his market basket and then turned on Lefty and me. Lefty managed to get away, but I was caught.’

2. North American. A nickname for: a tramp who has lost one or both limbs on the left side of the body. Cf. righty n. 2. Now rare.

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1918 L. R. Livingston Mother Delcassee of Hoboes & Other Stories iv. 43 Lefty, train rider who lost left arm and leg.

1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 120 Lefty, one minus a left arm or hand.

2003 R. Grant Amer. Nomads xi. 266 There are so many amputation..stories about people trying to..swing themselves up into moving boxcars; so many tramps with names like One Wing, Lefty and Stumpy.

3. A person holding views to the left of a spectrum of opinion, esp. in politics. Cf. righty n. 4.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > adherent(s) of

Red Guard1849

red1851

leftist1890

left winger1894

lefty1920

Red Fed1970

1920 Socialist Rev. Apr. 303/1 Their attitude was that of competing with the left wingers in an unmeasured over-use of left-sounding revolutionary catch-words, this due to the one hundred per cent. American principle of competition with lefties.

1967 Listener 10 Aug. 164/1 The lefties are almost completely in control of the nation's communication.

1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xv. 178 He was made into a public scapegoat by the newspapers and the television, which everybody knows are owned and run entirely by lefties.

2010 P. Daniels Class Actor xiii. 86 I probably had the idea of being a social worker lurking somewhere in the back of my mind 'cos I was a bit of a leftie.

4. A left-handed person.

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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

1927 Glasgow Herald 7 Apr. 12 He was a patriotic Roman youth who allowed his right hand to be burned off..and was henceforward designated by a term which..would be rendered by his comrades of to-day as ‘Leftie’.

1969 New Scientist 6 Nov. 277/2 Such illustrious lefties as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo..and Paul McCartney.

1988 Today's Golfer July 67/3 The V's formed between the index finger and thumb of both hands should point between your head and right shoulder in the case of a right handed player and vice versa for a leftie.

2009 New Yorker 23 Nov. 114/3 Like Hendrix, Longstreth is a lefty who plays a right-handed Strat upside down.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lefty
释义	leftyadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɛfti/, U.S. /ˈlɛfti/ Forms: see left adj.¹, n., and adv. and -y suffix⁶. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: left adj.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < left adj.¹ + -y suffix⁶. colloquial. A. adj. 1. North American (chiefly Baseball). Of a person: left-handed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > favouring one side right-handeda1398 left-handeda1425 left hand1440 left-legged1606 sinister1818 katy-handed1822 left-footed1832 right-sided1850 cack-handed1854 dextral1871 sinistral1871 left-sided1875 lefty1886 southpaw1886 handed1910 molly-dook1941 1886 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 7 Apr. 2/4 In last Wednesday's [baseball] game Nashville presented her left-handed battery..to offset our ‘lefty’ battery. 1930 Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald 4 June (Sports section) Gene Belne another lefty pitcher. 1969 Washington Post 28 Mar. c1/8 The only lefty batter was Del Unser. 2007 P. Golenbock 7 226 Managers didn't overmanage the way they do now, bringing in a lefty pitcher to face a lefty hitter. 2. Characterized by or relating to views to the left of a spectrum of opinion, esp. in politics. Frequently somewhat depreciative. Cf. left wing adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > left left1794 red1848 left wing1873 leftist1895 leftish1899 left-wingish1926 left-wingy1936 lefty1937 left-leaning1938 1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love iv. ii. 170 Red Dope for Leftie School-teachers. 1972 Observer 22 Oct. 29/1 Magazines and news-sheets..full of Lefty names and too-ready inferences. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 362 If PC is a threat, then it shows the success of some of that lefty feminist stuff. 2013 Church Times 20 Dec. 45/3 The Archbishop's attack on Wonga showed a way to stand up for the poor without looking lefty. 3. Of a tool, instrument, etc.: designed to be used with the left hand or by a left-handed person. Cf. left hand adj. 5, left-handed adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [adjective] > worked by hand > right or left, one or two two-handy1648 left-handeda1657 two-handed1657 uphand1678 left hand1776 single-handed1834 right-handed1891 lefty1954 1954 Progress-Index (Petersburg, Va.) 9 July 18/5 Lefty Scissors... There are so many left-handed dressmakers in Britain today that manufacturers are now producing special left-handed shears. 1958 Pop. Mech. Mag. June 55/1 (advt.) ‘Lefty’ shears for southpaws. 1978 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 14 June (Life Today section) f1/2 To the left-handed cook, hunting down a lefty can opener..can be as exciting as whipping up a successful souffle. 2004 H. Bordowitz Noise of World 96 I'm a lefty and I play with a righty guitar... If I'd learned with a lefty guitar, I probably would be much better. B. n. †1. A nickname for: a person or thing situated on the left-hand side. Cf. righty n. 1. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1906 J. K. Bangs Andiron Tales ii. 23 ‘With that,’ said the Righthandiron, ‘Skihigh clapped Ebenezer into his market basket and then turned on Lefty and me. Lefty managed to get away, but I was caught.’ 2. North American. A nickname for: a tramp who has lost one or both limbs on the left side of the body. Cf. righty n. 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1918 L. R. Livingston Mother Delcassee of Hoboes & Other Stories iv. 43 Lefty, train rider who lost left arm and leg. 1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 120 Lefty, one minus a left arm or hand. 2003 R. Grant Amer. Nomads xi. 266 There are so many amputation..stories about people trying to..swing themselves up into moving boxcars; so many tramps with names like One Wing, Lefty and Stumpy. 3. A person holding views to the left of a spectrum of opinion, esp. in politics. Cf. righty n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > adherent(s) of Red Guard1849 red1851 leftist1890 left winger1894 lefty1920 Red Fed1970 1920 Socialist Rev. Apr. 303/1 Their attitude was that of competing with the left wingers in an unmeasured over-use of left-sounding revolutionary catch-words, this due to the one hundred per cent. American principle of competition with lefties. 1967 Listener 10 Aug. 164/1 The lefties are almost completely in control of the nation's communication. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xv. 178 He was made into a public scapegoat by the newspapers and the television, which everybody knows are owned and run entirely by lefties. 2010 P. Daniels Class Actor xiii. 86 I probably had the idea of being a social worker lurking somewhere in the back of my mind 'cos I was a bit of a leftie. 4. 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 1927 Glasgow Herald 7 Apr. 12 He was a patriotic Roman youth who allowed his right hand to be burned off..and was henceforward designated by a term which..would be rendered by his comrades of to-day as ‘Leftie’. 1969 New Scientist 6 Nov. 277/2 Such illustrious lefties as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo..and Paul McCartney. 1988 Today's Golfer July 67/3 The V's formed between the index finger and thumb of both hands should point between your head and right shoulder in the case of a right handed player and vice versa for a leftie. 2009 New Yorker 23 Nov. 114/3 Like Hendrix, Longstreth is a lefty who plays a right-handed Strat upside down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1886
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