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the best game
10. Victory in a contest, the winning position (frequently more fully as the best game); (in later use also more generally) victory, success. Also: the prize contended for. Obsolete.
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a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 258 Two men..rennen a space for a priis, and he þat comeþ first to this ende shal haue þe gamen þat is sett, wheþer it be spere..or oþir þing þat is putt.
?1506 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode (de Worde) sig. D.ii That all the best archers of the north Sholde come..And that shoteth all ther best The game shall bere a way.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 221 That any man..with oute deseruynge shulde haue the best game If he to the ample encrease of his name Can lay any werkis that he hath compylyd.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvij Kyng Henry..and Richard duke of Yorke..wresteled for the game, and stroue for the wager.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. iii. f. viiiv Let vs make spedye haste..to atteine the game [L. bravium] of immortalitie.
1572 R. Harrison in tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes To Rdr. This author may..be..adiudged to the best game.
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. H2 Now if you can doe any good, why so, the Siluer Game be yours, weele stand by and giue ayme, and hallow if you hit the Clout.
a1632 T. Taylor Princ. Christian Pract. (1635) 111 All these that are thus brought by God to the wrestling-place, must strive for the best game, without shrinking or starting away.
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