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Lefty

Leskov N.S.

Phraseologism: Left-handed.

Meaning: Hardworking, talented, craftsman.

Origin: The title of a short story by the writer Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (1831-1895). For the first time this story was published in the magazine "Rus" (1881) under the title "The Tale of the Tula Oblique Lefty and the Steel Flea (Shop Legend)". In a footnote to this title, the author wrote: "... The tale of a steel flea is a special weapons legend, and it expresses the pride of Russian gunsmiths. It depicts the struggle of our masters with English masters, from which ours came out victoriously and the British were completely put to shame And then the author says: "I wrote down this legend in Sestroretsk according to a local tale from an old gunsmith, a native of Tula ..."

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