rugger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rugger
Example Sentences
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"It's teamwork like cricket. It is how you must have the stamina for a marathon. It's a hard game like rugger and it is a bloodsport like boxing."
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2022
"He was sort of like a sporty, rugger sort of guy who fantasised about getting into the army," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2021
He brought in Brunson, a veteran player and behavioral specialist with a district alternative school, and also added Lauren Murphy-Sands, a Ben Franklin English teacher and former rugger, as another coach.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014
Devised initially as a cheap vehicle to promote BBC food output, Saturday Kitchen now has the whiff of the rugger changing room.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013
"I got jolly badly hurt at rugger once."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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