touch-tackle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of touch-tackle
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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If not for the touch-tackle rule on quarterbacks that also contributed to Fields being sacked seven times, he might have had more long runs.
From Washington Times
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