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Meanings of scrimmage in inglês

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batalla campal
espanhol
escaramuza

A noisy riotous fight.

batalla campal
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Examples for "melee"
Examples for "melee"
1
The game then pauses while the players work out the cavalry melee.
Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hun...
2
His gun, accidentally discharged in the melee, killed one of the peasants.
The Forged Coupon, and Other Stories
3
Brunswick went down in the melee, mortally wounded as it was believed.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590b
4
Some began to fight, and in the melee two were seriously wounded.
The Mansion of Mystery / Being a Certain Case of Importance, Tak...
5
Justin barely had time to acknowledge his friend before the melee occurred.
The unincorporated man
1
Then ensued a battle royal for the next quarter of an hour.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12...
2
He must have it out with Yasmini in one battle royal.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
3
So, more of a domestic botch than an international battle royal.
The Guardian
4
How they would have liked to see the finish of this battle royal!
Around the World in Ten Days
5
Time for my very first official match: a battle royal.
On Edge
Usage of scrimmage in inglês
1
He took active part in politics, and was terrible in a scrimmage.
The Vigilance Committee of 1856
2
Anyhow, I hope that we shall have some share in the scrimmage.
With Moore at Corunna
3
But he also does everything very well on the line of scrimmage.
Reuters
4
How long the scrimmage might have lasted it is impossible to say.
Three Men on the Bummel
5
South Carolina opened the scoring on the game's first play from scrimmage.
Reuters
6
He stepped up toward the line of scrimmage and let it fly.
Reuters
7
This led to a little scrimmage, in which a dozen were involved.
Helping Himself; Or, Grant Thornton's Ambition
8
I can just recall you hauling me out of the scrimmage, and-
The Captain of the Kansas
9
Such years were those that followed the little scrimmage on Lexington Common.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
10
The Rugby scrimmage is mere child's play by the side of it.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
11
Did I ever tell you the story, lad, consarning the scrimmage with-
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
12
Edomite and Jew were never long without a scrimmage or a battle.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters
13
Steve and the tall private issued from the last scrimmage, breathing hard.
The Wrong Twin
14
It is not often he gets a scrimmage with a full-grown man.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
15
I'm going to see this scrimmage out, and I like the fun.
An Original Belle
16
I love a sale if only for the sake o' the scrimmage.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920
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