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lefties

/ˈlɛftiz/

lefties is the plural of lefty.

lefties is the plural of leftie.

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

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Phrases with lefties

Questions about lefties

What is lefties the plural of?
Lefties is the plural of lefty.
How do you pronounce lefties?
Lefties is pronounced /ˈlɛftiz/.

Words near lefties in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lefties (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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