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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
southpaw
 
SYLLABICATION:south·paw
PRONUNCIATION:  south
NOUN: Slang A left-handed person, especially a left-handed baseball pitcher.
ETYMOLOGY:From the practice in baseball of arranging the diamond with the batter facing east to avoid the afternoon sun. A left-handed pitcher facing west would therefore have his pitching arm toward the south of the diamond.
 
 
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