Usually means: Person favoring left hand use.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word lefty:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. lefty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lefty: Merriam-Webster
  3. Lefty, lefty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lefty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lefty: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lefty: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lefty, lefty: Wordnik
  8. lefty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lefty: Wiktionary
  10. lefty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lefty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lefty: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lefty: Dictionary.com
  14. Lefty (Art Garfunkel album), Lefty (Sesame Street), Lefty (album), Lefty (disambiguation), Lefty (protein), Lefty (rapper), Lefty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. lefty: Rhymezone
  16. lefty: FreeDictionary.org
  17. lefty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. lefty: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lefty: Encyclopedia

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lefty (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. lefty, lefty: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. lefty: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. The Lefty, lefty: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See lefties as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.
▸ noun:  (chiefly UK, informal, politics) One who has left-wing political views.
▸ noun:  (slang) One's left testicle.
▸ noun:  (MLE, slang, uncommon) One's left hand.
▸ adjective:  (Canada, US, not comparable) Left-handed.
▸ adjective:  (Canada, US, not comparable) Intended for left-handed use.
▸ adjective:  (UK, informal) Left-wing.

Similar:
left-hander, southpaw, left-handed pitcher, righty, loony lefty, loony leftie, left hooker, leftard, lefturd, loony left, more...

Opposite:
righty, right-handed, dexterous

Types:
liberal, progressive, socialist, more...

Phrases:
Lefty Grove, Lefty Frizzell, Lefty Ruggiero, Pancho and Lefty, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, more...

Adjectives:
old, young, big, little, family, natural, first, only, good, throwing, tall



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Similar:
left-hander, southpaw, left-handed pitcher, righty, loony lefty, loony leftie, left hooker, leftard, lefturd, loony left, more...

Opposite:
righty, right-handed, dexterous

Types:
liberal, progressive, socialist, more...

Phrases:
Lefty Grove, Lefty Frizzell, Lefty Ruggiero, Pancho and Lefty, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Lefty Gomez, Waiting for Lefty, Lefty Driesell, Lefty O'Doul, Lefty Williams, To Lefty from Willie, more...

Adjectives:
old, young, big, little, family, natural, first, only, good, throwing, tall



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