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left-footer

left-footer noun: someone who is left-footed.

Noun

left-footer (plural left-footers)

  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.
    • Jones shook his head knowingly. "I forgot you're a left-footer. Catholic by name, catholic by nature."2011, Elena Forbes, Die with Me, →ISBN, page 382
    Synonyms:
    left hooker

left-footer meaning in Bengali

left-footer in Bengali

যিনি বামপেয়ে, একজন রোমান ক্যাথলিক

Synonyms of left-footer

Antonyms

Forms of left-footer

pluralleft-footers

Origin of left-footer

(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.

Questions about left-footer

What does left-footer mean?
Left-footer means someone who is left-footed.
What is left-footer in Bengali?
Left-footer in Bengali is যিনি বামপেয়ে, একজন রোমান ক্যাথলিক. See Left-footer meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is left-footer?
Left-footer is a noun.
What is the plural of left-footer?
The plural of left-footer is left-footers.

Words near left-footer in the dictionary

  1. left-clicking
  2. left-clicks
  3. left-drag
  4. left-edge deletion
  5. left-footed
  6. left-footer
  7. left-footers
  8. left-half
  9. left-halves
  10. left-hand
  11. left-hand drive

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