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flag football

American  

noun

  1. a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.


Etymology

Origin of flag football

First recorded in 1950–55


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All hail the JSerra Lions, the best high school flag football team in California and probably in the nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

To win in girls’ flag football, you need your school’s best athletes to come out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Ninth graders Marley Handley, left, and Audrey Baca take a selfie while riding the bus to a Patriot High girls’ flag football game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

But when the new flag football team was formed at her school in 2024, she signed up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Last year, during eighth grade, we traveled to Reardan to play them in flag football.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

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