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
The name "Ragamaru-Kun" combines the words for "rugger" and "round", according to Japan's Kyodo News, while "kun" stands for "boy".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2019
It was fun – he got to step out of being the president for a minute and be a rugger again.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2018
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
"I got jolly badly hurt at rugger once."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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