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wogball

noun

Etymology

From wog + ball, since the game is played more by foreigners than by those born in Australia.

  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 wogball — “wog + ball”

Definitions

  1. soccer

    • In Australia soccer has gone from being dismissed as wogball as some called it to a widely supported national game

The neighborhood

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