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LEFT-HAND

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intended for the left handplay

Example:

I rarely lose a left-hand glove

Synonyms:

left; left-hand

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Located on or directed toward the leftplay

Example:

a car with left-hand drive

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

left (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is only one lamp in it, upon the left-hand side, and as we approached this lamp I saw a man coming towards us with his back very bent, and something like a box slung over one of his shoulders.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)




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