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• a  using or intended for the left hand
  left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs
  left-handed scissors
• s  (of marriages) illicit or informal
  in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent
• s  (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
• s  rotating to the left
• s  ironically ambiguous
  a left-handed compliment
• s  lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

• Some 30 years ago left-handed Auguste Piccard, gangling, mischievous Munich student, had a barber-shop shave, bet the barber that "his whiskers grew faster than any others in the.
• An estimated 260 million people around the globe live left-handed lives in a right-handed world, Leonardo da Vinci and Alexander the Great were lefthanded, and so were Babe Ruth,.
• If I throw anything, play cricket or golf, it's done left-handed, but I write and cut with my right hand.

• morganatic
• levorotary
• levorotatory
• bumbling
• bungling
• butterfingered
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• handless
• heavy-handed

• ambidextrous

News & Articles

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• Ian Clarkin signs with the Yankees
  The left-handed Madison high pitcher was selected 33rd overall.
  June 17, 2013 - U-T San Diego
• Lefty Horst placed on DL with strained elbow
  The Phillies placed left-handed reliever Jeremy Horst on the disabled list Monday with a strained left elbow.
  June 17, 2013 - Philadelphia Phillies
• Astros 5, White Sox 4
  HOUSTON - One night after hitting his first career home run against a left-handed pitcher, Houston catcher Jason Castro recorded his second, smacking a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning in the Astros' 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox Sunday at Minute Maid Park.
  June 16, 2013 - The SportsXchange via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Charlie Manuel in The Associated Press
  His number speak for themselves,Manuel said. "He's got tremendous stuff and being left-handed definitely helped him."
• Lou Piniella in Newsday
  It's a big blow to us,manager Lou Piniella said. "But we have a farm system and that's what it's for. We've brought up some kids and we have a little more left-handed hitting here. Hopefully they'll come up here swinging the bats and help...
• Jim Leyland in CNN International
  Our scouts really like him and how he fits because he's a left-handed hitter that can play all three spots in the outfield,Tigers manager Jim Leyland said in a telephone interview. "But I think it was a great trade for both teams because...