sevens

British

/ ˈsɛvənz /

noun

(functioning as singular) a Rugby Union match or series of matches played with seven players on each side

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The 29-year-old Olympic gold medallist in rugby sevens ruptured a cruciate knee ligament playing against Ireland in the last Six Nations in March.

From Barron's

"For the past five years I had played sevens and I arrived in England with just a couple of games of 15s," recalls Isgro.

From BBC

Even so, she had to start over several times, and not only because of the tricky sevens and eights of the multiplication tables.

From Literature

“Dear old Hixby’s. Isn’t it odd? The book was scarcely any use at all, but I feel a bit at sixes and sevens without it.”

From Literature

So, that's their first aim here and if it's 11 v 11 then Chelsea can hurt Liverpool, even without Cole Palmer, because the Reds are at sixes and sevens at the back.

From BBC

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