left-handers
Minority of writers
Left-handers are people who favor their left hand for tasks like writing and throwing.
About ten percent of humans are left-handed.
The term extends to things designed for left-handed use: These scissors are left-handers.
In baseball, a left-hander is a pitcher who throws with the left arm.
Left-handed person, informally
- handednessPreferred limb dominance
- ambidextrousSkilled with both hands
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
trait · genetics · hereditary · brain lateralization · mirror writing · Leonardo da Vinci · Ned Flanders · cack-handed
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- can openersDevices for accessing canned goods
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- ink smearsDragged wet pigment
- desksFlat-topped work furniture
measuring cups · pens · adapting · awkwardness · tools · ergonomics · retrofitting · accommodation
Bound blank pages
- guitarsStringed musical instruments
- golf clubsImplements for hitting balls
- boomerangsCurved returning missiles
- can openersDevices for accessing canned goods
knives · pens · rulers · specialty stores · ergonomic · adaptive · reversed · custom
Baseless belief in omens
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- gaucheSocially awkward, unrefined
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
discrimination · unlucky · evil · reeducation · acceptance · folklore · symbolism · prejudice
Favorable position or circumstance
- battingSwinging at pitches
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- tennis serveInitial stroke beginning play
- boxingCombat sport using fists
fencing · southpaw stance · Rafael Nadal · Babe Ruth · unorthodox · spin · angle · surprise
southpaw
Left-handed person, informally
- handednessPreferred limb dominance
- ambidextrousSkilled with both hands
- minoritySmaller part of whole
uniqueness · trait · genetics · hereditary · brain lateralization · mirror writing · Leonardo da Vinci · Ned Flanders · cack-handed · gauche
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- can openersDevices for accessing canned goods
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- ink smearsDragged wet pigment
desks · measuring cups · pens · adapting · awkwardness · tools · ergonomics · retrofitting · accommodation · struggle
notebooks
Bound blank pages
- guitarsStringed musical instruments
- golf clubsImplements for hitting balls
- boomerangsCurved returning missiles
can openers · knives · pens · rulers · specialty stores · ergonomic · adaptive · reversed · custom · universal
superstition
Baseless belief in omens
taboo · discrimination · unlucky · evil · reeducation · acceptance · folklore · symbolism · prejudice · normalization
advantage
Favorable position or circumstance
- battingSwinging at pitches
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- tennis serveInitial stroke beginning play
boxing · fencing · southpaw stance · Rafael Nadal · Babe Ruth · unorthodox · spin · angle · surprise · baseball