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- adjective
superlative form ofgame : mostgame .
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Examples
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But, to tell the truth, I guess I needed the diversion more than he did, for he was the bravest and "gamest" youngster I ever knew.
The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride
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But from then till the fourteenth he put up the gamest exhibition of his career.
The Mexican 2010
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You've got to hand it to Adrien Brody, perhaps the gamest actor working in films today.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Wrecked Marshall Fine 2011
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Bettles, himself one of the gamest of the old-timers in deeds and daring ceased from his drunken lay of the "Sassafras Root," and titubated over to congratulate
Chapter III 2010
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Barbara Crampton, as the “girl wonder” psychiatrist, is very subtle and again proves herself one of the gamest actresses working.
From Beyond (1986) 2010
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"The gamest man I ever saw," the Governor said, and Jeb Stuart (who was bloody rude to him at the time, I may say) remarked to me years later that without men like J.B. there wouldn't be an America.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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She gave her evidence in the gamest way, and was highly complimented by the Bench, and cheered right home to her lodgings.
David Copperfield 2007
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Nature tells everybody about but I learned all the runes of the gamest game ever from my old nourse Asa.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Yes, comparisons to Michael Jackson are inevitable, but despite Depp's gamest efforts, the film falls flat.
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (SPOILERS!) K. A. Laity 2005
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Yes, comparisons to Michael Jackson are inevitable, but despite Depp's gamest efforts, the film falls flat.
Archive 2005-07-01 K. A. Laity 2005
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