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folk football

folk football noun: an informal precursor to football, invented and played in Europe during the Middle Ages.

Noun

folk football (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An informal precursor to football, invented and played in Europe during the Middle Ages.

Synonyms of folk football

Questions about folk football

What does folk football mean?
Folk football means an informal precursor to football, invented and played in Europe during the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is folk football?
Folk football is a noun.

Words near folk football in the dictionary

  1. folk etymologize
  2. folk etymologized
  3. folk etymologizes
  4. folk etymologizing
  5. folk etymology
  6. folk football
  7. folk healer
  8. folk healers
  9. folk hero
  10. folk heroes
  11. folk horror

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