"soft hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-soft hand.ogg Forms: soft hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft hand (plural soft hands)
  1. (blackjack) A hand of cards that includes an ace being counted as 11.
    Sense id: en-soft_hand-en-noun-khqTjmRA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Topics: blackjack, games
  2. (cricket) A grip on the bat that merely stops the ball moving towards the wicket
    Sense id: en-soft_hand-en-noun-8bOHuV97 Categories (other): Cricket, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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