left
/ˈɫɛft/ noun A2- The left side or direction.
- The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group. · The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.
- The left hand or fist.
- A punch delivered with the left fist.
- A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
Plural lefts
From the library
“I will go directly,” was Edmond’s reply; and, embracing his father, and nodding to Caderousse, he left the apartment.
“I have just left him,” answered Caderousse.
“Yet,” stammered Dantès, wiping the perspiration from his brow,—“yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”
“And you paid him out of the two hundred francs I left you?”
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