Definitions
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- adjective sports Not
playing , or not part of play
Etymologies
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Examples
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He wasn't retained by them for the 2011 season, however, then turned down a role as a nonplaying mentor to the squad's younger members, and then went unsold at the re-auction of almost all playing personnel that preceded the current season.
This Is the Old Guys' IPL Richard Lord 2011
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The handsome Englishman, who is the nonplaying captain of the European team at this weekend's Ryder Cup matches here, says things like "Crumbs!" and "Blimey" and always seems up for a cheery bit of repartee.
The Two Nicks 2008
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But most of the credit for the Americans 'surprising 16½ to 11½ pummeling of the European squad rightly goes to the nonplaying captain, Paul Azinger.
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Last summer, for instance, I was paired with a guy in a charity event who was rhapsodizing about a recent, late-afternoon nine at his club with his son and daughter, joined for the final few holes by his nonplaying wife in a cart.
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The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.
Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007
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The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.
Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007
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The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.
Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007
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The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.
Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007
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"A changing of the guard with our Davis Cup team is complete," nonplaying captain Patrick McEnroe said Tuesday.
USATODAY.com - Davis Cup team headed to Croatia won't include Roddick 2003
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And what they found specifically was that if you were playing three hours a week on average or more, you had 37 percent fewer mistakes when performing laproscopic surgery in this particular training program, and 27 percent faster than your nonplaying counterparts as well.
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