left-handed vs southpaw

left-handed

noun
  • Left-handed people, taken as a whole. 

adj
  • Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule. 

  • Awkward or maladroit. 

  • Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right. 

  • Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand. 

  • Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise. 

  • Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo. 

  • Insincere or malicious. 

southpaw

noun
  • One who is left-handed, especially in sports. 

  • A boxer who leads with the right hand and guards with the left 

  • A left-handed pitcher. 

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