Definition
left-hand (side): (the side) to the person's left, the opposite of "the right" (side)
The bank is on the left-hand side of the street.
(the) left (hand): (the hand) on the same side as the heart, that is not on the right
- "Police : Your other left hand, sir."
- "Police : Alright sir, please touch your nose with the finger of your left hand."
- "The little finger of Wang's left hand is missing."
- "Polly : In the bottom, left-hand drawer of your desk, sir."
- "Bob : The left button is used to select things: files, folders or documents, or to click on internet links, for example."
- "What drew my interest though, aside from Horatio's partial nudity and the supernatural gleam in his eye, was the large sack he was carrying in his left hand."
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