league football

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noun

Also called: league mainly Australian rugby league football

Australian an Australian Rules competition conducted within a league rather than a football association

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Words nearby league football

leaf trace, leaf warbler, leafy, league, League City, league football, League of Nations, League of Women Voters, leaguer, league table, Leah

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The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
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Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement deploring the state GOP for its failure to censure Duke.
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This initiative had the support of all 22 members of the Arab League, which in and of itself is remarkable.
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I spoke to the League of Women Voters, a pretty liberal group... I still went and spoke to them.
No. 3 Republican Admits Talking to White Supremacist Conference|Tim Mak|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We were still one league and a half from the island when the twilight ended and night came on.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The solemn league and covenant burned by the common hangman at London, and afterwards throughout the country.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Another such case is found in the account of the league between Joshua and the princes of the congregation, and the Gibeonites.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Looked at in its proper light, the Corn-law League is nothing but an abominable conspiracy against labour.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

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