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Handicap
Posted by Peter Maple on August 09, 2001
I'm trying to find the Original meaning of the phrase, "cap in
hand" (or possibly hand in cap.
People in the disability movement think the origin of handicap is
" cap in hand" ie begging and therefore derrogatory. Others say
its "cap in hand" as in horse racing where originally jockeys had
to hold their cap as a early "handicap". The Oxford Dictionary says,
possibly "hand in cap" was an early game - pulling tokens or cards
out of the hat - in a "sporting lottery"
HELP!
