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forfeits

  • plural of forfeit.
  • present tense form of forfeit (3rd person singular).

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Forfeits in the City Section have a long, disturbing history, starting with the 1977 season when Lincoln refused to come out of the locker room at halftime after trailing 63-0 to Wilson.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024

In many of the games already described mention has been made of "Forfeits."

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

At Forfeits during snow we played, and I Must kiss her.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

Forfeits had to be paid for such offences as the following:— For handling the razors, For talking of cutting throats, For calling hair-powder flour, For meddling with anything on the shop-board.

From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William

A collection of Mirthful and Pleasing Games and Forfeits: with Plain Directions for Playing each Game, and how to Cry the Forfeits. 6d. with appropriate engravings.

From The World's Fair by Anonymous