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rugger

[ ruhg-er ]

rugger

/ ˈ°ùʌɡə /

noun

  1. an informal name for rugby
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of rugger1

1890–95; rug(by) + -er 7
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"It's teamwork like cricket. It is how you must have the stamina for a marathon. It's a hard game like rugger and it is a bloodsport like boxing."

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"He was sort of like a sporty, rugger sort of guy who fantasised about getting into the army," he says.

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It was fun – he got to step out of being the president for a minute and be a rugger again.â€

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"We laughed and joked like a bunch of rugger supporters on their way to Twickenham," Guy wrote.

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In college, I played rugby and wore heavy cotton shorts and a stiff jersey, while suffering only some scraped elbows and several memorable hangovers from parties with “rugger huggers†after matches.

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