southpaw
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- noun
- /ˈsaʊθpɔː/
- Jargon
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- As a talented athlete, she is often referred to as a southpaw because she writes and throws with her left hand.
- southpaw starter
- southpaw stance
- old southpaw
So with my background, I'll do a little bit of shadow boxing, I'll play traditional southpaw, etcetera.
- So with my background, I'll do a little bit of shadow boxing, I'll play traditional southpaw, etcetera.
- He is a southpaw, which for the novices, this is Orthodox left foot forward and this is southpaw.
Examples
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In baseball, a southpaw pitcher can confuse right-handed batters with his different throwing angle.
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Antonio DeMarco is a very talented southpaw and, without a doubt, the best lightweight in the world, bar Ricky Burns, of course.
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Ha ha ha, for some reason I knew you were a southpaw too.
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Sometimes I may feel I have a better advantage in the southpaw stance.
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Antonio will have the height, weight, and reach advantage along with being a southpaw.
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I always pegged you for a southpaw.
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Can the 'Hawaiian Punch' keep his hot streak alive, or will the Mexican southpaw be too much for him?
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Frank was a problem because he's a southpaw, and I've never fought one before.
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The first southpaw champion in heavyweight history, and he boasts a win over Evander Holyfield, who battered Big George.
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The coach explained that training against a southpaw can be a challenge for many fighters due to their unique style.
Synonyms
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A person who uses their left hand more than their right, often a baseball pitcher
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A person who uses their left hand more than their right, often for writing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Southpaw comes from American sports and is made of south + paw. A helpful story says early baseball fields faced east so a left-handed pitcher's throwing hand pointed south, and people called him a 'south paw'. That's why southpaw now means a 'left-handed' person, often in sports.