Canadian football

American  

noun

1. a game similar to American football but played on a field 165 yards by 65 yards (151 meters by 59 meters) by two teams of 12 players each.

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Canadian football British  

noun

1. a game resembling American football, played on a grass pitch between two teams of 12 players

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Example Sentences

So much has happened over the past seven days, including Cristiano Ronaldo hinting at retirement, the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and a Canadian football match in a snow blizzard.

From BBC

Candy also became a co-owner and one-man pep squad for the Toronto Argonauts, the Canadian Football League team.

From Los Angeles Times

Undrafted yet undeterred, Tino pivoted to the Canadian Football League.

From Los Angeles Times

After three years in the Canadian Football League, Ebell became a Ventura County sheriff’s deputy, seemingly the epitome of a high school and college football hero giving back to his community.

From Los Angeles Times

“Rhoda was my mentor, and always encouraged me. Friends for 79 years,” said Wheeler, a 1956 Olympic downhill bronze medalist who married Canadian Football League Hall of Famer Kaye Vaughan.

From Seattle Times

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