hand-egg

Noun

handegg (countable and uncountable, plural handeggs)

1. (humorous, slang, uncountable) Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
   • Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”.1909 November 9, letter to the editor, in The New York Times
2. (countable, humorous, slang) The ball used to play such a game.