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rugbylike en · ADJ

Etymology

From rugby + -like.

Meanings

1. Similar to or reminiscent of rugby.
   • (already the rugbylike form of the game was [developing]) 2004, Robert Cowley, What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, Penguin, →ISBN:
   • Now everyone from his table was jigging around in a fearful, nervous rugbylike scrum, while people from other tables were rushing over to shout suggestions. 2018, Laura Childs, Pekoe Most Poison, Penguin, →ISBN, page 10:
   • But perhaps our example of the heart that both pumps blood and is employed in a rugbylike game can still be of help. 2007, Paul R. DeHart, Uncovering the Constitution's Moral Design, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 60:

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