scrummage
Origin of scrummage
1Other words from scrummage
- scrum·mag·er, noun
Words Nearby scrummage
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How to use scrummage in a sentence
How would you like a scrummage, Andy, with them Scotchmen that stole your mother's chickens this morning?
Horse-Shoe Robinson | John Pendleton KennedyThe ball has just fallen again where the two sides are thickest, and they close rapidly around it in a scrummage.
Tom Brown's Schooldays | Thomas HughesIn the American game there is no scrummage in the English sense, nor is the ball thrown in at right angles after going into touch.
As endless as are boys' characters, so are their ways of facing or not facing a scrummage at football.
Tom Brown's Schooldays | Thomas HughesThe pain was considerable, and when dragged from the scrummage he was in a half-fainting condition.
The Lighter Side of School Life | Ian Hay
British Dictionary definitions for scrummage
/ (ˈskrʌmɪdʒ) /
Origin of scrummage
1Derived forms of scrummage
- scrummager, noun
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