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ˈfore-game
[fore- prefix.]
A preliminary game; lit. and fig. Cf. after-game.
1594Kyd Cornelia iv. G ij b, The Gaules were but a fore⁓game fecht about For ciuill discord. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 28 His play was chiefly at the fore⁓game. 1643Trevor in Carte Collect. (1735) 260 Neither side can yet brag of the foregame. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece ii. i. 288 The Huntsman should therefore be..good at both Fore and After-Game. |