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Catchword for “hoofball”
Catchword: hoofball
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Part of speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: I’ve read certain pieces on the Internet that we play “Hoofball.” We don’t play “Hoofball” because we haven’t got a big front man who we can play “Hoofball” to. We’ve done exceptionally well to do what we’ve done without being able to cross the ball and someone to head the ball into the goal.
Article or document title:
“Sanchez Goes For Goals” (URL)
Article, document, publication, web site:
Chairboys on the Net
Publishing location:
United Kingdom
Date of publication:
May 17, 2000
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