See southpaw on Wiktionary
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],
"word": "левша́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zurdo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zurda"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
"word": "kaliwete"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedetaskilan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedetahiskilan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedetajiskilan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "baseball: left-handed pitcher",
"word": "vasuri"
},
{
"alt": "さうすぽー",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "sausupō",
"sense": "baseball: left-handed pitcher",
"word": "サウスポー"
}
],
"word": "southpaw"
}
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