Southpaw

Southpaw is a term used to describe left handed people, particuarly within sports and in the United States.

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The generally accepted origins of the term is from Baseball. Ballparks are often designed so that the batter is facing east to avoid the afternoon or evening sun shining in their eyes. This means that left handed pitchers are throwing from the south side. The first usage is credited to Finley Peter Dunne. However the Oxford English Dictionary lists a non-baseball citation for "south paw," meaning a punch with the left hand, as early as 1848, just 3 years after the first organized baseball game.

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