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大家好，知识小编来为大家讲解下。southpaw是什么意思，southpaw的用法很多人还不知道，现在让我们一起来看看吧！
一、southpaw是什么意思
1、southpaw 左撇子
2、south,南方的，paw,爪子。棒球俚语，因棒球场本垒通常位于西边，从南边掷球即为左撇子。
二、southpaw的用法
1、southpaw (n.)
2、"lefthander," 1885, originally baseball slang, of pitchers, often said to have been coined by Finley Peter Dunne ("Mr. Dooley"), Chicago sports journalist and humorist, in the days when, it is said, baseball diamonds regularly were laid out with home plate to the west. But south paw "a person's left hand" is attested from 1848 in the slang of pugilism.
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