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mis⋅deal

[mis-deel] verb, -dealt, -deal⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to deal wrongly or incorrectly, esp. to deal the wrong number at cards.
–noun
2. Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.

Origin:
1475–85; mis- 1 + deal 1


mis⋅deal⋅er, noun
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mis·deal   (mĭs-dēl')   
v.   mis·dealt (-dělt'), mis·deal·ing, mis·deals

v.   tr.
To deal (cards) incorrectly.
v.   intr.
To deal cards incorrectly.
mis'deal' n., mis·deal'er n.
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Word Origin & History

misdeal  (v.)
1746, "to make an error in dealing (cards);" see mis- (1) + deal (v.). The noun is attested from 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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