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two-handed game

two-handed game noun: a game or proposal in which the chances are fairly even; a situation where one will get as good as one gives.

Noun

two-handed game (plural two-handed games)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A game or proposal in which the chances are fairly even; a situation where one will get as good as one gives.
    • "Mr. Pillow, Sir, none of your impertinence, or I will chastise you as well as this fellow." "That's a two handed game, by thunder," said Long Tom, "[…] I dare you to deadly combat. […]"1849, Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror, volume 1, page 379
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two-handed, game. (a game for two players)

Forms of two-handed game

pluraltwo-handed games

Questions about two-handed game

What does two-handed game mean?
Two-handed game means a game or proposal in which the chances are fairly even; a situation where one will get as good as one gives.
What part of speech is two-handed game?
Two-handed game is a noun.
What is the plural of two-handed game?
The plural of two-handed game is two-handed games.

Words near two-handed game in the dictionary

  1. two-fours
  2. two-hand sword
  3. two-hand swords
  4. two-hand touch
  5. two-handed
  6. two-handed game
  7. two-handed games
  8. two-handedly
  9. two-handedness
  10. two-hander
  11. two-handers

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