practice game Meaning of "practice game"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing

Usage(s):

  1. Cleveland Indians Manager Lou Boudreau had to put a sportswriter at third base to muster two teams for a practice game.
  2. Then he tossed a half-dollar into an imitation Spanish wishing well and went to play in a practice game against the Boston Braves, in which he failed to make a hit.
  3. The Navy, with big Shapley back in the lineup, played a brilliant and careful practice game against West Virginia Wesleyan, winning at 53 to 7.
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