soap scrimmage
n.— «We started playing good basketball Wednesday. In our soap scrimmage Tuesday night, we shot 20 percent.» —“Lin. Christian Survives Rush By Geneva for 67-65 Victory” by Stu Pospisil Omaha World-Herald (Neb.) Dec. 7, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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