Rugby
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Rugby (rug′bē)
noun
- famous school for boys located in Rugby, England: founded 1567
- a kind of football popular in England, played by two opposing teams of usually 15 players: action is continuous and the oval ball may be passed laterally or backward, kicked forward, or carried: a forerunner of American tackle football, first played at Rugby schoolin full Rugby football
Rugby2 definition
Rugby (rug′bē)
city in Warwickshire, central England: county district pop. 83,000
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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