Lefty

Lefty

Lefty may refer to:
* A left-handed person, who uses their left hand more than their right.
* In baseball, a batter who bats left handed (and thus stands on the left side of home plate as viewed by the pitcher), or a pitcher who throws with the left arm.
* Lefty (protein) is a protein, which regulates the TGF beta signaling pathway.
* Lefty Frizzell, a country music performer.
* Phil Mickelson, a professional golfer.
* Steve Carlton, a former professional baseball player.
* Lefty Grove, a professional baseball pitcher
* Lefty Gomez, a professional baseball pitcher
* "Lefty (1964 film)", an animated Soviet film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano
* "Lefty (album)", an 1988 album by Art Garfunkel
* Meaning of Scaevola, a nickname given to Gaius Mucius Scaevola after he engulfed his right hand in flames
* Lefty the Salesman, a Sesame Street character
* Lefty or leftie, a political epithet for those on the political left.
* Lefty shock, a front shock found on some Cannondale bicycles.
* Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero, member of the New York City Mafia
* Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, sports handicapper and inspiration for Robert de Niro's character Sam Rothstein in Martin Scorsese's "Casino"
* Dan "The Doctor" Reynolds Famous Slalom Waterskier capable of running well into 38 offfollowed by kegcan imbibbing apres ski.


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  • lefty — n. 1. a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left handed person. Syn: lefthander, southpaw. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand. Syn: left handed pitcher, left hander, southpaw …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lefty — (n.) left handed person, 1886, Amer.Eng., baseball slang, from LEFT (Cf. left) + Y (Cf. y) (3). Political sense by 1935 …   Etymology dictionary

  • lefty — (also leftie) ► NOUN (pl. lefties) informal 1) a left wing person. 2) a left handed person …   English terms dictionary

  • lefty — ☆ lefty [lef′tē ] n. pl. lefties Slang 1. a left handed person 2. LEFTIST …   English World dictionary

  • Lefty — La Lefty es un sistema de suspensión para bicicletas de montaña desarrollado por la empresa estadounidense Cannondale. La revolución tecnológica del Lefty Las horquillas Lefty empezaron con la introducción de la horquilla Headshok . Este tipo de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • lefty — [[t]le̱fti[/t]] lefties also leftie 1) N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a lefty, you mean that they have socialist beliefs. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] ...a large group of students and trendy lefties. 2) N COUNT A lefty is… …   English dictionary

  • lefty — left|y leftie [ˈlefti] n plural lefties 1.) informal especially BrE someone who has left wing political ideas used to show disapproval, ▪ a group of liberals and lefties 2.) informal especially AmE someone who uses their left hand for writing,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lefty — UK [ˈleftɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms lefty : singular lefty plural lefties informal someone who is left wing …   English dictionary

  • lefty — noun (plural lefties) Date: 1886 1. left hander 2. an advocate of leftism • lefty adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lefty — lefty1 /lef tee/, n., pl. lefties. Informal. 1. a left handed person. 2. a leftist. Also, leftie. [1925 30; LEFT1 + Y2] lefty2 /lef tee/, Informal. adj …   Universalium

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