Meaning

4 senses
  1. Someone who is left-footed.

  2. A player who predominantly kicks with the left foot.

  3. A goal kicked with the left foot.

  4. (Australia, Ireland, UK, colloquial, derogatory)A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish descent.

Origin

(Roman Catholic): Said to allude to the practice of Irish farm labourers of digging with t

(Roman Catholic): Said to allude to the practice of Irish farm labourers of digging with their left foot on one-eared spades such as loys and slanes that were designed to be operated in that way.

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Forms

plural: left-footers
Singularleft-footer
Pluralleft-footers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

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