fore-gamen.
/ˈfɔːɡeɪm/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌɡeɪm/ A preliminary game; literal and figurative. Cf. after-game n. and adj.
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all comersc1450
after-gamea1500
fore-game1594
revenge1616
plate1639
set-to1743
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scrub-race1791
anybody's game (also race, match)1826
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open1926
needle fight1927
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shirt1930
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1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iv. G ij b The Gaules were but a fore~game fecht about For ciuill discord.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C His play was chiefly at the foregame.
1643 Trevor in T. Carte Coll. Lett. Great Men (1735) 260 Neither side can yet brag of the foregame.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 208 The Huntsman should therefore be..good at both Fore and After Game.
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