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- noun Plural form of
handystroke .
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Examples
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The men were in merry heart, and eager for a game at handystrokes.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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They were received with such a terrible fire that they never came to handystrokes.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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The Spaniards fired "the Shot they had in their Muskets," and flung their weapons down, not caring to come to handystrokes.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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John Watling was not very willing to come to handystrokes, nor were the
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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"Doff your armour; ye shall not come to handystrokes with the Utterbol
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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