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n.
a distinctive Canadian variety of football developed in the late nineteenth century from English rugby or rugger.
See: rugby-football(and note)
Quotations
1898
He was . . . the prince of half-backs on the Rugby field. . . .
1916
None but a cynical materialist could make odious comparisons more odious between these two great colleges--particularly in the matter of either revenues or rugby.
1966
The West adopted the forward pass and used it before the Canadian Rugby Union legalized it. . . .