1 gen 1692 anni - handicap

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A word with an obscure history but apparently the name originally of a kind of sport, dealt with in some detail in the OED, in which one person challenged an article that belonged to his opponent, offering something in return. 1692 <i>had a C or horse show newly sett in tarr, the open side downward on each side ... the near ear stov’d ... had her in exchange or handy-cap of Robert Canby</i>, Spofforth (QS1/30/1).

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