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Scrimmage   /skrˈɪmɪdʒ/   Listen
noun
Scrimmage  n.  (Written also scrummage)  
1.
Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
2.
(Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.





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"Scrimmage" Quotes from Famous Books



... his raw folly in making his presence known! But for this he might have slipped away unnoticed during the scrimmage. Now they come crowding up, brandishing their weapons and yelling hideously. Although inferior both in aspect and stature to those they have just defeated, these barbarians are formidable enough; terror-striking their wildly ferocious mien. Many of them, too, have ...
— The Sign of the Spider • Bertram Mitford
... bringing up the rear, we flattered ourselves on the dignity of our departure. Mac called it "style," and the Maluka was hoping that the Creek was properly impressed, when Flash, unexpectedly heading off for his late home, an exciting scrimmage ensued and the procession was broken ...
— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn
... little bit of a scrimmage wan night in Trafalgar Square. It was me own fault, sor, for I oughter a-knowed better. It was about three o'clock in the mornin', sor, and I was outside one o' them clubs just below Piccadilly, when one o' them young ...
— The Underdog • F. Hopkinson Smith
... weather," he said; "but you'll stand it all right. You are in uncommonly good condition for a chap who has just pulled through fever and a bullet hole. By Jove! I wish I could have seen you tackling the Afridis—you were mentioned in the papers after that last scrimmage, and they gave you a rousing send-off. You deserve the Victoria Cross, and you would get it if you were ...
— In Friendship's Guise • Wm. Murray Graydon
... pleased, and when things went wrong with them he was angry. This state of mind survives into our advanced civilisation, where people still talk of "judgments," still pray for good things, and still implore their God for victory when they have a scrimmage with their neighbors. ...
— Flowers of Freethought - (Second Series) • George W. Foote


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