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Split end   /splɪt ɛnd/   Listen
Split end

noun
1.
(football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen.





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"Split end" Quotes from Famous Books



... spirits of the place, will ask them to favour the boys and to give them vigorous life. An egg (which on this occasion is spoken of only by the name OVE sweet potato) is offered to the spirits on behalf of each boy (or sometimes merely a fowl's feather) by placing it in the split end of a bamboo stick thrust into the ground. Not until this rite has been performed are the boys considered to be safe in the ...
— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall


Words linked to "Split end" :   football, football game, end


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