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head linesman

Football an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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