scrummage
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of scrummage
Perhaps originally a dialectal variant of scrimmage
Example Sentences
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After the speech, I’ll be throwing myself into the scrummage of senior party figures trying to grab as many interviews as I can.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
Ben Earl's energy trumps Billy Vunipola in back row, Dan Cole's scrummage smarts edge him ahead of Kyle Sinckler for the tighthead starting spot.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
In a less violent, but all the more ridiculous scrummage, two women at an undisclosed Walmart were caught on video getting into a tussling match over a Shark vacuum cleaner.
From Fox News • Nov. 30, 2019
“If you don’t like to scrummage you’re in the wrong position,” he told the front rows of Munster and Toulouse.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2019
I never was in a big battle, just one little scrummage.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration
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