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counterploy

noun

Etymology

From counter- + ploy.

  1. derived from plicāre
  2. derived from ployer
  3. prefixed as counterploy — “counter + ploy”

Definitions

  1. A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.

    • So it goes. Bluff and counterbluff, ploy and counterploy.

The neighborhood

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