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two-handed game en · NOUN
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(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:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two-handed, game. (a game for two players)
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