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Word: ploy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...People Speak. The Travel Expert requires a more complex ploy. Just as the expert is getting into full stride on his visit to Vladivostok, the Lifeman clears his throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Art of Lifemanship | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Thus the gamesman callously makes use of Sportsmanship itself, only one gambit among others that include Luncheonship, Guestmanship, Advicemanship, Clothesmanship and Brinkmanship. In addition, Author Potter has invented the following conversational "ploy" (gamesman for tactic) which he gives as an example of the "secondary hamper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Potter's Ploys | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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