portsider
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]portsider (plural portsiders)
- (sports) A left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw.
- 2003, Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler, Who's who in Hockey:
- Then came Henderson, already a high-scoring portsider in the NHL for a decade, with Detroit and then Toronto.
- 2012, Steve Wellings, Irish Boxing Review, page 188:
- It would seem that a healthy stint of sparring with Manny Pacquiao, in readiness for the southpaw elusiveness of McCloskey, had still left Khan ill-equipped to conclusively deal with the plucky portsider.
- 2014, Lowell L. Blaisdell, Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the Screwball King, page 46:
- The Giants' portsider pitched a beautiful game, going into the Dodgers' ninth with a 2–1 lead.