hoof-ball
n.— «A glass roof to be built ten foot above the pitch, so “hoof-ball” can no longer be the tactic of choice. It’s certainly not my choice.» —“How would YOU run the Sky Blues?” Coventry Evening Telegraph (United Kingdom) Nov. 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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