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 n.— «In the rape culture of the [ice] hockey locker room,…females are referred to as “groupies,” “puck bunnies,” “pucks” and “dirties” among the players.» —“Men loving me hating women: The crisis of masculinity and violence to women in sport” by Celia Brackenridge Gender and Sport: A Reader , 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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