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underground handball en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Australian rules football) A handball which is deliberately bounced on the ground before reaching one's teammate, instead of being passed directly as is typical.
    • He did this underground handball where the pack came at him and he slipped the handball underneath and I specifically remember going to him at quarter time and saying, 'That was really impressive'. 2019 August 10, Sarah Olle, quoting Kinnear Beatson, “AFL 2019: The moment Kinnear Beatson knew James Bell had the skills to make it at AFL level”, in Fox Footy:

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