scrummage
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- scrummager noun
Etymology
Origin of scrummage
Perhaps originally a dialectal variant of scrimmage
Example Sentences
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"We made half a plan with Cian going to scrummage because he's good at that," Farrell added.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2023
"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
Old Brooke comes sweeping round the skirts of the play, and turning short round, picks out the very heart of the scrummage, and plunges in.
From Tom Brown's School Days by Hughes, Thomas
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