trugo

British  

/ ˈtruːɡəʊ /

noun

1. a game similar to croquet, originally improvised in Victoria from the rubber discs used as buffers on railway carriages

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Etymology

Origin of trugo

from true go , when the wheel is hit between the goalposts

Example Sentences

Not many people have heard of trugo: a mix of croquet, golf, lawn bowls and the hammer.

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Research says that trugo was invented in the late 1920s or early 1930s by Tom Grieves, a Yarraville railwayman and first president of the Victoria Trugo Association.

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The court is often hired for a game of trugo and a party, though dedicated younger players are thin on the ground, mainly because training is strictly on weekday mornings, and many people simply aren't free.

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Footscray - the second-oldest - recently reopened after being closed for many years, and all of them welcome people who want to give trugo a try - or "have a hit".

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Mr McMahon simply laughed: "Trugo's easy to learn, though I still haven't got it right after 27 years."

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