hand.i.cap (n.)
- Sports & Games.
- A race or contest in which advantages or compensations are given different contestants to equalize the chances of winning.
- Such an advantage or penalty.
- A physical or mental disability.
- A hindrance.
[From obsolete hand in cap, a game in which forfeits were held in a cap.]
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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