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left hand

Pronunciation: /lɛftˈhand/

Definition of left hand

noun

  • the hand of a person’s left side.
  • the region or direction on the left side of a person or thing:there was a vast forest on the left hand

adjective

[attributive]
  • on or towards the left side of a person or thing:his left-hand pocket
  • done with or using the left hand:an excellent left-hand catch by Smith

Phrases

marry with the left hand

British marry morganatically.
[from a German custom by which the bridegroom gave the bride his left hand in such marriages]

left hand in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of left hand in the US English dictionary