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Definition of Misplaying
1. misplay [v] - See also: misplay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misplaying
Literary usage of Misplaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Friendship's Offering by John Sartain, Lewis and Sampson, Phillips & Sampson, Phillips, Sampson & Company, E.H. Butler & Co (1854)
"Day after day, eve after eve, these two young beings sat misplaying at the game
which, of all games, most clearly represents the game of life; ..."
2. The Snow Flake (1850)
"Day after day, eve after eve, these two young beings sat misplaying at the game
which, of all games, most clearly represents the game of life; ..."
3. The Publications of the Thoresby Society by Thoresby Society (1904)
"The misplaying of *'c" and "s" is not uncommon. (2) "The Orchard " is the name
of the Held on the south side of the Churchyard, has now no truit trees. ..."
4. Touching Second: The Science of Baseball by John J. Evers, Hugh S. Fullerton (1910)
"When criticised for misplaying the batter he grinned and explained. "Did you ever
notice," he said, still grinning, "that over by the New York bench, ..."
5. Auction Bridge Crimes: A Satirical Arraignment of Twenty Common Faults of by Jay Albert Gove (1917)
"... aces iii Making takers win singly xv Market value of cards iii, xx Minor
tenaces, over-valuing vii Misjudged hands vii misplaying on attempted finesses ..."
6. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1827)
"If the king is moved into check, the opposite party shall have the option to
require that the move of the player thus misplaying shall be to move his king ..."
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