Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left hooker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
left- hook-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A left-handed person.

noun

A motor vehicle with left-hand drive.

noun

A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish descent.

British usage; Colloquial; Derogatory

Etymology

From English left and hook + -er in the sense of the game of golf.

Usage

Inflected Forms

left hookers (plural) left-hooker (alternative)

Synonyms

left-footer

Questions

What does left hooker mean?
A left-handed person.
Where does left hooker come from?
From English left and hook + -er in the sense of the game of golf.

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