lefty

• leftie

From left +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛfti/

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• Rhymes: -ɛfti

lefty (plural lefties)

1. (Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.

   Synonyms: left-hander, southpaw, leftie

   Antonyms: righty, rightie

2. (chiefly UK, informal, politics) One who has left-wing political views.

   Synonyms: leftist, left-winger, leftie

   Antonyms: righty, rightie

   • 2015 September 12, Suzanne Moore, “As Jeremy Corbyn was anointed leader, not one female voice was heard”, in The Guardian:

     The new brocialism cares deeply about women’s issues of course – just not enough to elect an actual woman. They don’t need to, because good lefties speak for all us. They don’t even notice gender.

3. (slang) One's left testicle.

   I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.

4. (MLE, slang, uncommon) One's left hand.
   • 2020 January 18, “Routine”, (CGE) Young Stacks (lyrics)‎, 0:35:

     This pole gets whipped, I miss dishing it, putting red on the can like Pepsi
     Govs said I defy, I never been right but my yank does love my lefty

   • 2022 April 14, “REALIFE”, LF70 (lyrics), 1:29:

     Spin that whip, let me see that dog, Imma blam that goal like Messi, shit gets messy – and I still get him down with my lefty

• loony lefty

lefty (comparative more lefty, superlative most lefty)

1. (Canada, US, not comparable) Left-handed.
2. (Canada, US, not comparable) Intended for left-handed use.

   The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles.

3. (UK, informal) Left-wing.
   • 2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The prospect of an Argentinian amalgam of Bolsonaro and Trump taking power has horrified progressive voters and also, apparently, Pope Francis, whom Milei has bad-mouthed as a “lefty son of a bitch”.

• “lefty”, in Collins English Dictionary.

• Felty, felty, flyte, yleft