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单词 mollydooker
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Definition of mollydooker in English:

mollydooker

nounˈmɒlɪˌduːkə
Australian informal
  • A left-handed person.

    〈澳,非正式〉惯用左手的人,左撇子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They eventually gave up trying to force Stokes to switch, and he would remain a 'mollydooker' for life.
    • He is rarely sighted after the first few rounds—opponents having lasted, collectively, only 69 rounds with the young "molly-dooker."
    • He is possibly, even probably, the best left-handed batsman Australia has had, and certainly the best of all the Victorian mollydookers.
    • Mr Quinn said there'd be no mollydookers in his class.
    • Harris, a left-hander, was one of the few "molly-dookers" bowling in the competition

Origin

1940s: from Molly (pet form of the given name Mary) or from the slang term mauley 'hand' + -dook representing a pronunciation of duke (sense 2 of the noun) + -er1.

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