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rugger

American  
[ruhg-er] / ˈrʌg ər /

noun

  1. Rugby.


rugger British  
/ ˈrʌɡə /

noun

  1. an informal name for rugby

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rugger

1890–95; rug(by) + -er 7

Example Sentences

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John Phelan is the leader of the private investment firm Rugger management and was a major fundraiser for Trump’s campaign.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

Last fortnight 66,000 Britons went to Wembley Stadium in suburban London to see England play Scotland at Rugger.

From Time Magazine Archive

He went to St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, largely because it won the Rugger cup and had had a championship swimming team the year before.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 2 p.m. workmen and staff employes were sent home, and soon afterward certain brawny nobles staged a regular Rugger scrum for the tiny Peers Gallery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Big doors clanged behind us and our captivity proper had begun: what had gone before had been more like a scrum at Rugger, with ourselves as the ball.

From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis

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