handplay
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Combat sense: perhaps from Middle English *handpleie, from Old English handplega (“fighting”), equivalent to hand + play. Compare swordplay.
Noun[edit]
handplay (uncountable)
- Hand-to-hand combat.
- (card games) In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.