southpaw的词源

英文词源

southpaw (n.)

"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.

中文词源

southpaw：左撇子

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。

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