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gridiron football

noun

Etymology

From gridiron + football from the former demarcations on the football field, which was like a gridiron, and being a sport derived from rugby football.

  1. inherited from fotbal
  2. compounded as gridiron football — “gridiron + football”

Definitions

  1. American football and Canadian football, collectively.

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