handicap

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He had reached the stage when his handicap was a wobbly twelve; and, as you are no doubt aware, it is then that a man really begins to golf in the true sense of the word.

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  1. noun Sports & Games A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning.
  2. noun Sports & Games Such an advantage or penalty.
  3. noun A physical or mental disability. See Synonyms at disadvantage.
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retard ·  disable ·  disadvantage ·  flawed ·  deform ·  depress ·  impediment ·  perturb ·  deranged ·  indebted ·  disability ·  maim

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handicap:   handicapped ·  handicaps
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  1. From obsolete hand in cap, a game in which forfeits were held in a cap.

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  1. Formerly also handycap, handycappe; apparently from hand i' cap (hand in cap), prob. with reference to the drawing of lots.
  2. from handicap, n.
 

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/ˈhændɪkæp/
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