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portsider

portsider noun: a left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw.

Noun

portsider (plural portsiders)

  1. A left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw.
    • Then came Henderson, already a high-scoring portsider in the NHL for a decade, with Detroit and then Toronto.2003, Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler, Who's who in Hockey
    • It would seem that a healthy stint of sparring with Manny Pacquiao, in readiness for the southpaw elusiveness of McCloskey, had still left Khan ill-equipped to conclusively deal with the plucky portsider.2012, Steve Wellings, Irish Boxing Review, page 188

Forms of portsider

pluralportsiders

Origin of portsider

From portside + -er.

Questions about portsider

What does portsider mean?
Portsider means a left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw.
What part of speech is portsider?
Portsider is a noun.
What is the plural of portsider?
The plural of portsider is portsiders.

Words near portsider in the dictionary

  1. portscanning
  2. portscans
  3. portscullis
  4. Portsea
  5. portside
  6. portsider
  7. portsiders
  8. portsides
  9. portsill
  10. portsills
  11. Portskewett

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