ciotóg

noun

A left-handed person.

Meanings

nounciotóg (plural ciotógs)

plural ciotógs

  1. IrelandA left-handed person.

    I was a ciotóg in school but decided to shoot right-handed.

    2017, Jason Sherlock, Jayo: The Jason Sherlock Story, →ISBN
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    He was a ciotóg as well, and would sit at the head of that table like yourself with his hand curled above the page in a most awkward fashion.

    2005, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland, →ISBN, page 69

    Grimes, as a ciotóg (a left-hander) would defend his left side as a normal fighter would his right, and according to Walker, this would mean using the lower third of the stick to parry.

    2007, John W. Hurley, Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick, →ISBN, page 106

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*(s)kīttos
  2. Irishciotóg
  3. Englishciotóg

Borrowed from Irish ciotóg, from Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos.

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APA

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Chicago

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