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Ploy   /plɔɪ/   Listen
Ploy

noun
1.
An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker.  Synonym: gambit.
2.
A maneuver in a game or conversation.  Synonyms: gambit, stratagem.





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"Ploy" Quotes from Famous Books



... London. They were dressed in their fine gold-laced garbs. When Charles had seen his mother and his sister, Effie, he came with his friend to see me at the manse, and got Mrs. Balwhidder to ask his friend to sleep there. In short, we had a ploy the whole two days they stayed with us, Lady Macadam made for them at a ball, and it was a delight to see how old and young of all ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton


Words linked to "Ploy" :   remark, tactical maneuver, comment, input, gambit, maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, stratagem, manoeuvre


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