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Meanings of leftfield in English

Catalan
leftfield
Spanish
leftfield

The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.

leftfield

Electronic music genre, consisted of music with "quirky" component, or anything that's atypical of its genre, or to which no other style really seems to apply.

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Usage of leftfield in English
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Of course my fears of another leftfield motion were not realised.
The Guardian
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Professional wrestler A leftfield choice, but let's not rule it out.
The Guardian
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Certainly, it struck me as a choice that came from way out of leftfield.
The Guardian
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Welcome to our bumper guide to another year of sequels, remakes and leftfield experiments.
The Irish Times
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Read More The credit for that leftfield decision, he stresses, must go to Brogan.
Independent.ie
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Of course, the first pitch Jones hits for a double down the leftfield line.
The Yankee Years
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To many US critics it was a somewhat leftfield choice.
The Guardian
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This one is a lovely rub of tropical pop with sweet, leftfield pop guitars.
The Irish Times
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It was a night of leftfield success -as a Bafta night probably should be.
The Guardian
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His trademark leftfield flourishes lurk to wrong-foot unwary visitors.
BBC
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Photograph: Huntington Art Collections He is rightly presented here as the most radical of leftfield artists.
The Guardian
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More esoteric leftfield choices such as Atlantics and Ash Is Purest White, which are both fantastic.
The Guardian
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This is where Tim throws in the truly leftfield concept: the leftwing argument for a banker's salary.
The Guardian
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I knew they were thinking of me for Katherine, but that I would be a leftfield choice.
The Guardian
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As befits kung-fu movie fans, the Wu-Tang Clan came out of leftfield when no-one was really expecting them.
The Irish Times
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The supposedly stable alliance falls flat on its face, while the farcical candidate from leftfield emerges as the winner.
The Guardian
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Spanish
leftfield
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