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misplay
[ noun mis-pley, mis-pley; verb mis-pley ]
misplay
/ ˌmɪsˈpleɪ /
verb
- tr to play badly or wrongly in games or sports
the batsman misplayed the ball
noun
- a wrong or unskilful play
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Miss Erskine fidgeted in her seat, gave half smothered exclamations, looked at him appealingly at every misplay.
A year later and he had learned that a misplay, even though it lose the game for your side, may in time be lived down.
His misplay had taken his nerve, and for a while he went thoroughly to pieces.
If a player misplay, whether with his own or another ball, he forfeits his next tour.
This case is excluded from the definition of misplay, and the penalty exacted is less.
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