southpaw

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• /ˈsaʊθˌpɔː/
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• rhymes with -aʊθpɔː
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• CMU ARPABET: S AW1 TH P AW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From south + paw. The original derivation is unclear: although now best known from the sport of baseball, ther term is first attested in 1813, before baseball was founded. Suggested theories include: For Boxing: * Evidence suggests the term existed before baseball, being used in the 1840s to describe a left-handed punch or "paw" in boxing. A 1848 political cartoon described a "south paw" blow in this context. For Baseball: * Early 19th-century ballparks were often built with home plate on the west side and the pitcher's mound on the east to prevent the sun from being in the batter's eyes. Consequently, a left-handed pitcher's arm would be facing the southern side of the diamond. However, the term was originally used to refer to position players rather than pitchers.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: һулаҡай (hulaqay) — informal: one who is left-handed
• Basque: ezkerti — informal: one who is left-handed
• Finnish: vasuri — informal: one who is left-handed
• French: gaucher — informal: one who is left-handed
• French: gauchère — informal: one who is left-handed
• German: Linkshänder — informal: one who is left-handed
• German: Linkshänderin — informal: one who is left-handed
• Japanese: 左利き (hidarikiki) — informal: one who is left-handed
• Polish: mańkut — informal: one who is left-handed
• Polish: leworęczny — informal: one who is left-handed
• Portuguese: canhoteiro — informal: one who is left-handed
• Romansh: tschanchin — informal: one who is left-handed
• Russian: левша́ (levšá) — informal: one who is left-handed
• Spanish: zurdo — informal: one who is left-handed
• Spanish: zurda — informal: one who is left-handed
• Tagalog: kaliwete — informal: one who is left-handed
• Volapük: nedetaskilan — informal: one who is left-handed
• Volapük: nedetahiskilan — informal: one who is left-handed
• Volapük: nedetajiskilan — informal: one who is left-handed
• Finnish: vasuri — baseball: left-handed pitcher
• Japanese: サウスポー (sausupō) — baseball: left-handed pitcher