单词 | port-sider |
释义 | port-sidern. North American colloquial (originally and chiefly Baseball). A left-handed person; esp. a pitcher. 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 1899 Washington Post 11 Aug. 8/7 Selee's port sider, Harvey Bailey, one of the best left-handed pitchers ever raised in Indiana. 1910 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 28 May 3/2 Plank and Krause are easily the best pair of left-handers in the country. Atkins is another coming portsider. 1926 Amer. Speech 1 369/2 They [sc. baseball players] are ‘south-paws’ or ‘port-siders’ or ‘side-wheelers’ when they are left-handed. 1945 Record (Philadelphia) 28 Oct. 8/2 We despair that portsiders will ever get their rights. 1994 T. Boswell Cracking Show ix. iii. 216 He's found valuable roles for Randy Bush, Gene Larkin,..and portly portsider David West. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899 |
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