handplay

noun — 2 senses

handplay

noun

Etymology Combat sense: perhaps from Middle English *handpleie, from Old English handplega (“fighting”), equivalent to hand + play. Compare swordplay.

1

Usually Hand-to-hand combat.

2

Card games, Games Usually In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.

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