ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appall…

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ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him. ✨ Douglas Adams, John Lloyd (2013). The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For, p.3, Pan Macmillan
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ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him. ✨ Douglas Adams, John Lloyd (2013). The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For, p.3, Pan Macmillan

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