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ploy |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ploy \Ploy\, n. Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ploy \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ploy n 1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker [syn: {gambit}] 2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: {gambit}, {stratagem}]
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