scrummage
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of scrummage
Perhaps originally a dialectal variant of scrimmage
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"We had a scrummage session where the scrum machine was pegged it into the ground, so it wouldn't move," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
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
Tight-heads tend to be lone wolves, who live for the scrummage and the chance to cause the opposition front row pain.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2017
In the American game there is no scrummage in the English sense, nor is the ball thrown in at right angles after going into touch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Scored tries in the first and second Test, scrummaged well, carried with the pace and dexterity of a top-class centre but with the power of a beast.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Dwyer claimed England tight-head Dan Cole scrummaged illegally during the win over the Wallabies on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2016
Strange as it may sound, I'll probably have to do a bit of homework before Saturday because I have only ever scrummaged against Paul once, and that was when we were 15.
From BBC ● May 31, 2013
But, goodness, Dan Cole scrummaged and tackled well.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2011
I think we scrummaged well and also the players on the bench like Alasdair Dickinson and Scott Lawson did well when they came on.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2010
He put in a strong scrummaging display against Argentina in the Lions' opening game that got people talking, especially since veteran Tadhg Furlong was still searching for his form.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Drill sessions include running, passing, and scrummaging, and for energy the girls chew sugarcane.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
No other country spits out scrummaging diamonds in the same quantity or quality.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021
"With Springbok front-rowers, their scrummaging and their passion for it, it is very much fight or flight and I run towards the fight side of it," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2021
While the forwards were scrummaging on the second fifteen ground, the outsides ran and passed on the first fifteen ground over at the other end of the field.
From The Head of Kay's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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