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sport
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(a) good sport
someone who can accept a loss in a competition or can accept being the butt of a joke. Bob is usually a good sport, but this time he didn't seem to appreciate your joke.
See also: good

sport of kings

horse racing. The sport of kings has sure impoverished a lot of commoners.
See also: king

sport with someone or something

to tease or play with someone or something. What a tease you are! You are just sporting with me! The dog was sporting with a turtle down by the stream.
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How with a sportful malice it was follow'd May rather pluck on laughter than revenge, If that the injuries be justly weigh'd That have on both sides pass'd?
"Sportful malice," or what Maria wills: revenge comedy in Twelfth ... by Tassi, Marguerite / The Upstart Crow
Sometime a lovely boy in Dian's shape, With hair that gilds the water as it glides, Crownets of pearl about his naked arms, And in his sportful hands an olive tree To hide those parts which men delight to see.
The fairy tale of Edward II by Lumsden, Andrew / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
When the dangerously powerful male favorite Gaveston plans to entertain his king in Marlowe's Edward II, for instance, he gives elaborate stage directions: Sometime a lovely boy in Dian's shape, With hair that gilds the water as it glides, Crownets of pearl about his naked arms, And in his sportful hands an olive-tree, To hide those parts which men delight to see, Shall bathe him in a spring.
Ganymedes and Kings: Staging Male Homosexual Desire in The Winter's ... by JOHNSON, NORA / Shakespeare Studies
 
 
 
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