camogie
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An Irish team sport for women that uses sticks and a small ball
- noun
- Irish
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camogie
- At our local club, girls of all ages participate in camogie every weekend.
Examples
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The girls practiced every Saturday for their upcoming camogie match.
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It was trying to pass a camogie ball from her body.
Fiction book (1997) -
During the tournament, her team won the camogie championship after a thrilling match.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word camogie comes from Irish for the hurling stick: camán is a hurling stick and the ending -óg means 'little', so camóg is a 'little stick'. That's why camogie is the women's game like hurling, played with sticks and a ball.