games|man|ship

games|man|ship
games|man|ship «GAYMZ muhn shihp», noun.
Informal. the skill of using ploys to gain an advantage in a game or other contest: »

But in the…world of politics, doing voluntarily what you have to do anyway can be a sound piece of gamesmanship (Wall Street Journal).

[(coined by Stephen Potter, born 1900, an English author)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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