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underhander en · NOUN

Etymology

From underhand + -er.

Meanings

1. A ball thrown or bowled underhand.
   • Not that the fast underhanders which were bowled before this innovation could be treated with indifference. 1865, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 140, page 757:
2. One who throws or bowls a ball underhand.
   • He was a good pitcher, an underhander with good control. 2005, Robert K. Fitts, Remembering Japanese Baseball, page 35:
3. One whose personality inclines toward taking revenge by underhand means.
   • Then there are the underhanders, who seldom take responsibility for their anger but try to place the anger in hurtful ways on others. Sarcasm, lack of punctuality, pouting, sexual acting out, and academic underachieving are examples of this underhanded anger. 2000, Lawrence J. Crabb, Rachael Crabb, Paul Johnson, Joy Breaks for Couples: Devotions to Celebrate Marriage, page 123:

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