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leftie

leftie is the alternative form of lefty.

Meaning of lefty

Noun

lefty (plural lefties)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.
    Antonyms:
    righty, rightie
  2. (UK, informal) One who has left-wing political views.
    • The new brocialism cares deeply about women’s issues of course – just not enough to elect an actual woman. They don’t need to, because good lefties speak for all us. They don’t even notice gender.2015 September 12, Suzanne Moore, “As Jeremy Corbyn was anointed leader, not one female voice was heard”, in The Guardian
    Antonyms:
    righty, rightie
  3. (slang) One's left testicle.
    • I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.
  4. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon) One's left hand.
    • This pole gets whipped, I miss dishing it, putting red on the can like Pepsi
      Govs said I defy, I never been right but my yank does love my lefty2020 January 18, “Routine”, (CGE) Young Stacks (lyrics), 0:35

See all 7 meanings of lefty

Forms of leftie

plurallefties

Origin of leftie

From left + -ie.

Phrases with leftie

Questions about leftie

What is leftie the alternative form of?
Leftie is the alternative form of lefty.

Words near leftie in the dictionary

  1. lefthanded
  2. lefthandedly
  3. lefthandedness
  4. lefthander
  5. lefthanders
  6. leftie
  7. lefties
  8. leftish
  9. leftism
  10. leftisms
  11. leftist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leftie (page history and authors); lefty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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