"portsider" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: portsiders [plural]
Etymology: From portside + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|portside|er}} portside + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} portsider (plural portsiders)
  1. (sports) A left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-portsider-en-noun-cLblCmmn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler, Who's who in Hockey",
          "text": "Then came Henderson, already a high-scoring portsider in the NHL for a decade, with Detroit and then Toronto.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Steve Wellings, Irish Boxing Review, page 188",
          "text": "It would seem that a healthy stint of sparring with Manny Pacquiao, in readiness for the southpaw elusiveness of McCloskey, had still left Khan ill-equipped to conclusively deal with the plucky portsider.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Lowell L. Blaisdell, Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the Screwball King, page 46",
          "text": "The Giants' portsider pitched a beautiful game, going into the Dodgers' ninth with a 2–1 lead.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw."
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        ],
        [
          "hockey player",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(sports) A left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw."
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "2014, Lowell L. Blaisdell, Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the Screwball King, page 46",
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