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LEFT-HAND
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intended for the left hand
Example:
I rarely lose a left-hand glove
Synonyms:
left; left-hand
Classified under:
Similar:
left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Located on or directed toward the left
Example:
a car with left-hand drive
Classified under:
Similar:
left (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north)
Context examples:
A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There is only one lamp in it, upon the left-hand side, and as we approached this lamp I saw a man coming towards us with his back very bent, and something like a box slung over one of his shoulders.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
