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Football team   /fˈʊtbˌɔl tim/   Listen
Football team

noun
1.
A team that plays football.  Synonym: eleven.





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"Football team" Quotes from Famous Books



... the same ground, these vast hordes of patriots, they obey the same laws,—that is all. Are they, then, moved by a spirit of gratitude, or do they feel the same loyalty which animates a hastily gathered football team, which plays not for its honour but for the profit of its manager? Who shall say? One thing only is certain: the Patriotism of the cosmopolites, if it be doubtful in origin, is by no means doubtful in expression. On every Fourth of July the Americans are free ...
— American Sketches - 1908 • Charles Whibley
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... coming ball and Dent's brilliant graduation. She enlarged upon this, praising Dent to the disparagement of her own grandson Victor, now in retreat from college on account of an injury received as centre-rush in his football team. Victor, she protested, was above education; his college was a ...
— The Mettle of the Pasture • James Lane Allen
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... Leader." Although this seems a simple enough desire, Anne finds herself involved in a series of baffling adventures in trying to attain it—including the machinations of a gang of professional gamblers, and the mysterious kidnapping of the football team's star fullback. It is a quick-moving, vital story that will appeal to every ...
— The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan • Lizette M. Edholm
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Words linked to "Football team" :   signal caller, secondary, line backer, quarterback, linemen, fullback, halfback, field general, football league, wingback, backfield, guard, team, squad, center, tailback, linebacker, tackle, end


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