two-handed game

noun

A game or proposal in which the chances are fairly even; a situation where one will get as good as one gives.

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Meanings

nountwo-handed game (plural two-handed games)

plural two-handed games

  1. UKarchaicslangA 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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two-handed, game. (a game for two players)
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APA

two-handed game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-handed%20game

MLA

“two-handed game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-handed%20game. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “two-handed game,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-handed%20game.

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