mollydooker

== English == === Alternative forms === mollydook molly-dooker mollyduker === Etymology === Probably from molly (“(dialect) fussy man who does women's work”) + dook (variant of duke (“fist”)) + -er. === Noun === mollydooker (plural mollydookers) (UK, Australia, slang) A left-handed person. 2005 January 10, Ian Chappell, Inside Cricket, reprinted 2006, A Golden Age, unnumbered page: In addition to those duels favouring Australia, Michael Kasprowicz was dynamite against left-handers in 2004 (forty-two per cent of his victims) and England's top three are all mollydukers. 2007, Barry Heard, The View from Connor's Hill: A Memoir, Large print (16 point) edition, page xi: There is no doubt he was one of the best shearers I′d ever picked up for when I used to rouseabout. But he was a bloody mollydooker—a left-hander—and it was difficult to pick up his fleece when he finished shearing his sheep. ==== Synonyms ==== southpaw === References ===