handplay

English

Etymology

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

Noun

handplay (uncountable)

  1. Hand-to-hand combat.
  2. (card games) In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.
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