portsider

portsider
A left-handed pitcher; a southpaw.

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  • portsider — (n.) left handed person, 1926, Amer.Eng., from PORT (Cf. port) (1) in the nautical sense …   Etymology dictionary

  • portsider — port·sid·er …   English syllables

  • portsider — “ə(r) noun Etymology: port (VIII) + side + er : southpaw …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of baseball jargon (P) — to paint:To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. A pitcher who can paint consistiently may be referred to as Rembrandt or Picasso, and can be said to paint the black or paint the corner.park:To hit a home run. He parked a three run… …   Wikipedia

  • left — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) To the left side Nouns 1. left, sinistrality, sinistration; left hand, left side, near side; port[side], larboard; verso. Informal, wrong side. 2. left wing, radical (see change); liberal, progressive. 3 …   English dictionary for students

  • pitcher — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. carafe, jug, jar, bottle, vessel, ewer, cruet, decanter; hurler, tosser, arm (sl.), chucker, spitballer, relief or starting pitcher, left or right hander, righty, lefty, portsider, southpaw. See… …   English dictionary for students

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