"southpaw" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Forms: southpaws [plural]
  1. Gaucher, gauchère. Tags: informal
    Sense id: fr-southpaw-en-noun-SNuYU7hQ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Lexique en anglais du sport, Termes informels en anglais Topics: sports
  2. Fausse patte. Tags: especially
    Sense id: fr-southpaw-en-noun-6KtaPXv1 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Lexique en anglais de la boxe Topics: boxing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de south (« sud ») et de paw (« patte, paluche »). Provient du baseball, dont le terrain s’oriente tel que le frappeur, qui doit voir nettement la balle blanche lancée vers lui, est à l’ouest du lanceur afin d’éviter qu’il ait un soleil couchant dans les yeux. Donc le bras lanceur d’un gaucher est au sud."
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