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How to pronounce lefty in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms left-hander, southpaw
Type of person, soul, somebody, someone, individual, mortal
Type Words
Synonyms left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, southpaw
Type of twirler, pitcher, hurler

Examples of lefty

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What will Jim Leyland do this afternoon against tough Texas lefty Derek Holland?
From the freep.com
The Giants recently traded the lefty to the Royals for outfielder Melky Cabrera.
From the bostonherald.com
As someone said, the best advice is probably to find a lefty they can work with.
From the sfgate.com
Lefty Marc Rzepczynski struck out Fielder, and Motte came in to strikeout Weeks.
From the stltoday.com
Lefty was 4 over through five holes, but ran off four birdies and salvaged a 72.
From the stltoday.com
Lefty Scott Elbert got Seth Smith to hit a ground out for his first career save.
From the sacbee.com
Youkilis could DH when the Sox face a tough lefty, allowing David Ortiz to rest.
From the boston.com
Lefty will be first off Friday with Anthony Kim, his 10th partner in 19 matches.
From the washingtonpost.com
Verlander intentionally walked Joe Mauer to bring up lefty-swinging Jason Kubel.
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  • Left-hander: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw"
  • Left-Hander (Russian: u041Bu0435u0432u0448u0430u0301, translit.u00A0Levsha) is a 1964 feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union. The film is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmultfilm studio.
  • Lefty is the sixth solo album by Art Garfunkel, released in 1988.
  • Lefty (left-right determination factors) are proteins that are closely related members of the TGF-beta family of growth factors. These proteins are secreted and play a role in left-right asymmetry determination of organ systems during development. ...
  • Lefty also known as the L.E.F.T. is an American rapper, born Paul DeLisle. He has released three studio albums & moved more than 15,000 units as one half of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, crew Bash Bros. Lefty has also released four volumes of his street album series "Gangland". ...
  • A left-handed boomerang. This is a mirror image of a right-handed boomerang, and travels clockwise rather than counter-clockwise. Also refers to a left-handed thrower.
  • 1. a punch or hit with the left fist. 2. a left-handed turn in a vehicle: e.g., Chuck a lefty at the next street.
  • A surfer who manages to go left on days when only rights seem to be breaking. Another name for a Floatwaller, Bajawaller, Barnwaller, or Highway Surfer.
  • A programmable (in a language inspired by EZ^[3]) widget that displays DOT graphs and allows the user to perform actions on them with the mouse. Lefty can therefore be used as the view in a model-view-controller GUI application that uses graphs.