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Synonyms for rugby

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruhg-bee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌg bi

Définition of rugby

Origin :
  • type of football, 1864, after Rugby, public school where the game was played, from city of Rugby in Warwickshire, central England. The place name is Rocheberie (1086), probably "fortified place of a man called *Hroca;" with second element from Old English burh (dative byrig), replaced by 13c. with Old Norse -by "village" due to the influence of Danish settlers. Otherwise it might be *Rockbury today. Or first element perhaps is Old English hroc "rook." Rugby Union formed 1871. Slang rugger for "rugby" is from 1893.
  • As in football : noun a sport
Example sentences :
  • Courage educated into them at Eton or Rugby, in many a fight and 289 scuffle.
  • Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • The great window over the arch is a striking feature of the Rugby gateway.
  • Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes
  • No; Rugby football is not much appreciated by the 9th Brigade.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • You know that he and I were at Rugby together, and then at Oxford?
  • Extract from : « Tom Gerrard » by Louis Becke
  • Rugby and Swindon have quadrupled their population in the same time.
  • Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles
  • And after this term you can go to any other school you like—Eton or Rugby, or anywhere.
  • Extract from : « Vice Versa » by F. Anstey
  • When I was at Rugby, I spent most of my holidays at her house.
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
  • "Rugby, because a fellow I know is there," replied Colin, decisively.
  • Extract from : « The Nicest Girl in the School » by Angela Brazil
  • "I shall go to Rugby too, when Colin does," announced Jamie confidently.
  • Extract from : « The Nicest Girl in the School » by Angela Brazil
  • He explained this once or twice to Osborne and Roger when they were at Rugby.
  • Extract from : « Wives and Daughters » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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