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.