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broomball

noun

Etymology

From broom + ball.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as broomball — “broom + ball”

Definitions

  1. A Canadian team sport resembling ice hockey and played with sticks and a ball.

  2. The ball used in this sport.

The neighborhood

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