left-handern.

Brit.

/ˌlɛftˈhandə/, U.S.

/ˌlɛftˈhændər/,

/ˈlɛftændər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: left hand n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < left hand n. + -er suffix¹. Compare right-hander n.With sense 1, compare earlier left hand adj. 6 and left-handed adj. 1c. In sense 3 after French main gauche main gauche n. With sense 4, compare earlier left-handed adj. 2d.

1. A blow struck with the left hand; esp. a punch delivered with the left fist. Cf. left n. 5.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > right or left

right1804

left1806

left-hander1816

right-hander1823

left and right1896

1816 Maryland Gaz. & Polit. Intelligencer 26 Dec. 3/4 Lansdell planted a good left hander, which was returned with interest by his opponent.

1861 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 273 He let fly a tremendous left-hander at the doctor.

1884 Graphic 13 Dec. 625/1 He received a straight left-hander in the chest that sent him back reeling.

1895 London Story Paper 12 Jan. 3/2 He..planted a swinging ‘left-hander’ smack on Dan's lips and nose.

1942 Boys' Life Jan. 30/2 Bill countered a suicide right lead with a left-hander that beat Greg to the punch.

1989 Daily Mirror 27 Feb. 30 He hit me harder than Tony Tucker..with that left-hander in the first round.

2011 B. Petersen P. Jackson vi. 136 Goddard launched out with a tremendous left-hander for Jackson's ribs.

2. A left-handed person; spec. a sportsperson who plays left-handed.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players

server1585

free agent1649

benchwarmer1662

puncher1681

sticker1779

hard hitter1790

hitter1813

go-devil1835

beneficiaire1841

colt1846

heavyweight1857

stayer1862

left-hander1864

attack1869

cap1879

international1882

roadman1886

big leaguer1887

homester1887

sand lotter1887

badger1890

internationalist1892

repeater1893

anchorman1895

grandstander1896

stylist1897

homebrew1903

letterman1905

toss-loser1906

fouler1908

rookie1908

mudder1912

sharpshooter1912

pro-amateur1919

receiver1919

southpaw1925

freestyler1927

hotshot1927

active1931

all-timer1936

iceman1936

wild card1940

scrambler1954

rounder1955

franchise1957

call-up1960

trialist1960

non-import1964

sandbagger1965

rebel1982

wide-body1986

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman

sticker1832

short runner1833

punisher1846

slogger1850

blocker1851

cutter1851

swiper1853

top scorer1860

stick1863

left-hander1864

smiter1878

centurion1886

driver1888

pad-player1888

poker1888

spectacle-maker1893

back-player1897

hooker1900

under-runner1903

puller1911

square cutter1920

straight driver1925

stroke-maker1927

goose-gamer1928

stroke-player1935

flasher1936

sweeper1961

tonker1977

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler

slow bowler1823

fast bowler1828

bias bowler1854

round-arm1858

demon bowler1861

left-hander1864

chucker1882

lobster1889

slow1895

leg-breaker1904

speed merchant1913

leg-spinner1920

spin bowler1920

off-spinner1924

quickie1934

tweaker1935

swerve-bowler1944

pace bowler1947

seam bowler1948

spinner1951

seamer1952

wrist-spinner1957

outswinger1958

swing bowler1958

quick1960

stock bowler1968

paceman1972

leggy1979

1864 London Miner & Workman Advocate 4 June 8/6 Colonel Bathurst made a single and drive for three, when he ‘lifted’ one from the left-hander, who secured it.

1881 Standard 28 June 3/2 The left-hander was immediately hit to leg for four.

1900 Daily News 12 June 8/4 For two hours and forty minutes the young left-hander had withstood the Middlesex bowling.

1937 S. T. Orton Reading, Writing & Speech Probl. in Children i. 49 Prejudice..is so strong as to amount to the belief that the left-hander is abnormal.

1987 S. Fiffer How to watch Baseball iv. 78 Right-handers are more likely to hit to third and left-handers to first.

2007 Hindustan Times 28 May 21/3 Zaheer trapped Saqibul Hasan leg-before before the left-hander could add to his overnight score of 30.

†3. In medieval fencing: a dagger carried in the left hand and used to parry a stroke or thrust; = main gauche n. Obsolete. rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 180 The weapon that in the 16th century was called a main gauche (a left-hander), was a dagger especially used in duels.

4. An indirect or sarcastic compliment or endorsement. Cf. left-handed adj. 2d, back-handed adj. Additions. rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing

amphibologyc1374

ambagea1413

ambiguity1583

ambiguea1592

amphibole1606

amphiboly1610

equivoque1614

dilogy1656

double entendre1673

amphilogy1731

amphibologism1813

equivocality1830

double entente1895

left-hander1920

1920 Public Opinion 27 Aug. 204/3 In the same review Miss West gives a left-hander to D'Annunzio.

1959 Times 28 Apr. 11/4 ‘Not bad’ might appear a good enough specimen of the simplest type of left-hander.

5. A corner on a road or racing circuit which bends to the left.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > bend

jamb1567

right1735

bend1803

lacet1847

hairpin bend1906

Z-bend1958

right-hander1963

virage1963

left-hander1964

1964 Times 13 July 4/6 They hurtled down the steep Druid's Hill—the B.R.M.'s wheels slicing the grass on the outside of the bottom left-hander.

1995 P. Redmond Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 2. 10 Kurt is now knee down as he comes powering round a left hander and away.

2007 P. Short & S. Wilkinson Hillclimbing & Sprinting 85/2 Ease the car over to the right for a fast left-hander.

6. Surfing. = left n. 9.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > types or parts of wave

pounder1927

dumper1933

take-off1935

greeny1940

beach break1954

beacher1956

big kahuna1959

greenback1959

close out1962

curl1962

shore break1962

shoulder1962

soup1962

tube1962

wall1962

face1963

peak1963

pipeline1963

set1963

reef break1965

surfable wave1965

point break1966

green room1968

slide1968

barrel1975

left-hander1980

A-frame1992

1980 Canberra Times 29 Dec. 18/2 Yabbra ‘can handle anything up to a very big swell’, turning on big left-handers, Craig said.

1989 D. Stanley South Pacific Handbk. (ed. 4) 686/1 This left-hander works best at high tide in a 1.5-meter swell.

2006 T. Anderson Riding Magic Carpet (2008) Gloss. 292 A ‘left-hander’ will break from left to right when viewed from the beach, and vice versa.

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

单词	left-hander
释义	left-handern. Brit. /ˌlɛftˈhandə/, U.S. /ˌlɛftˈhændər/, /ˈlɛftændər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: left hand n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < left hand n. + -er suffix¹. Compare right-hander n.With sense 1, compare earlier left hand adj. 6 and left-handed adj. 1c. In sense 3 after French main gauche main gauche n. With sense 4, compare earlier left-handed adj. 2d. 1. A blow struck with the left hand; esp. a punch delivered with the left fist. Cf. left n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > right or left right1804 left1806 left-hander1816 right-hander1823 left and right1896 1816 Maryland Gaz. & Polit. Intelligencer 26 Dec. 3/4 Lansdell planted a good left hander, which was returned with interest by his opponent. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 273 He let fly a tremendous left-hander at the doctor. 1884 Graphic 13 Dec. 625/1 He received a straight left-hander in the chest that sent him back reeling. 1895 London Story Paper 12 Jan. 3/2 He..planted a swinging ‘left-hander’ smack on Dan's lips and nose. 1942 Boys' Life Jan. 30/2 Bill countered a suicide right lead with a left-hander that beat Greg to the punch. 1989 Daily Mirror 27 Feb. 30 He hit me harder than Tony Tucker..with that left-hander in the first round. 2011 B. Petersen P. Jackson vi. 136 Goddard launched out with a tremendous left-hander for Jackson's ribs. 2. A left-handed person; spec. a sportsperson who plays left-handed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman sticker1832 short runner1833 punisher1846 slogger1850 blocker1851 cutter1851 swiper1853 top scorer1860 stick1863 left-hander1864 smiter1878 centurion1886 driver1888 pad-player1888 poker1888 spectacle-maker1893 back-player1897 hooker1900 under-runner1903 puller1911 square cutter1920 straight driver1925 stroke-maker1927 goose-gamer1928 stroke-player1935 flasher1936 sweeper1961 tonker1977 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler slow bowler1823 fast bowler1828 bias bowler1854 round-arm1858 demon bowler1861 left-hander1864 chucker1882 lobster1889 slow1895 leg-breaker1904 speed merchant1913 leg-spinner1920 spin bowler1920 off-spinner1924 quickie1934 tweaker1935 swerve-bowler1944 pace bowler1947 seam bowler1948 spinner1951 seamer1952 wrist-spinner1957 outswinger1958 swing bowler1958 quick1960 stock bowler1968 paceman1972 leggy1979 1864 London Miner & Workman Advocate 4 June 8/6 Colonel Bathurst made a single and drive for three, when he ‘lifted’ one from the left-hander, who secured it. 1881 Standard 28 June 3/2 The left-hander was immediately hit to leg for four. 1900 Daily News 12 June 8/4 For two hours and forty minutes the young left-hander had withstood the Middlesex bowling. 1937 S. T. Orton Reading, Writing & Speech Probl. in Children i. 49 Prejudice..is so strong as to amount to the belief that the left-hander is abnormal. 1987 S. Fiffer How to watch Baseball iv. 78 Right-handers are more likely to hit to third and left-handers to first. 2007 Hindustan Times 28 May 21/3 Zaheer trapped Saqibul Hasan leg-before before the left-hander could add to his overnight score of 30. †3. In medieval fencing: a dagger carried in the left hand and used to parry a stroke or thrust; = main gauche n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 180 The weapon that in the 16th century was called a main gauche (a left-hander), was a dagger especially used in duels. 4. An indirect or sarcastic compliment or endorsement. Cf. left-handed adj. 2d, back-handed adj. Additions. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing amphibologyc1374 ambagea1413 ambiguity1583 ambiguea1592 amphibole1606 amphiboly1610 equivoque1614 dilogy1656 double entendre1673 amphilogy1731 amphibologism1813 equivocality1830 double entente1895 left-hander1920 1920 Public Opinion 27 Aug. 204/3 In the same review Miss West gives a left-hander to D'Annunzio. 1959 Times 28 Apr. 11/4 ‘Not bad’ might appear a good enough specimen of the simplest type of left-hander. 5. A corner on a road or racing circuit which bends to the left. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > bend jamb1567 right1735 bend1803 lacet1847 hairpin bend1906 Z-bend1958 right-hander1963 virage1963 left-hander1964 1964 Times 13 July 4/6 They hurtled down the steep Druid's Hill—the B.R.M.'s wheels slicing the grass on the outside of the bottom left-hander. 1995 P. Redmond Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 2. 10 Kurt is now knee down as he comes powering round a left hander and away. 2007 P. Short & S. Wilkinson Hillclimbing & Sprinting 85/2 Ease the car over to the right for a fast left-hander. 6. Surfing. = left n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > types or parts of wave pounder1927 dumper1933 take-off1935 greeny1940 beach break1954 beacher1956 big kahuna1959 greenback1959 close out1962 curl1962 shore break1962 shoulder1962 soup1962 tube1962 wall1962 face1963 peak1963 pipeline1963 set1963 reef break1965 surfable wave1965 point break1966 green room1968 slide1968 barrel1975 left-hander1980 A-frame1992 1980 Canberra Times 29 Dec. 18/2 Yabbra ‘can handle anything up to a very big swell’, turning on big left-handers, Craig said. 1989 D. Stanley South Pacific Handbk. (ed. 4) 686/1 This left-hander works best at high tide in a 1.5-meter swell. 2006 T. Anderson Riding Magic Carpet (2008) Gloss. 292 A ‘left-hander’ will break from left to right when viewed from the beach, and vice versa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816
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