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mudeo

mudeo noun: an event involving various types of wrestling or tug of war in the mud.

Noun

mudeo (plural not attested)

  1. (dated, no plural, university slang) An event involving various types of wrestling or tug of war in the mud.
    • Johnnie Barber was hero of Cal Tech's annual freshman-sophomore "Mudeo" at Pasadena on Nov. 10. Chief event of the "Mudeo" is a tire derby in which rival classmen battle to carry tires across others' goal line. Sophomore Barber bore four.1938 December 5, Life, volume 5, number 23, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83
    • The Mudeo will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the south end of Caltech athletic field, formerly Tournament Park.1952 October 26, “Annual Mudeo at Caltech Set for Tuesday”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXXI, Los Angeles, C.A.: Times-Mirror Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 3

Origin of mudeo

Blend of mud + rodeo.

Questions about mudeo

What does mudeo mean?
Mudeo means an event involving various types of wrestling or tug of war in the mud.
What part of speech is mudeo?
Mudeo is a noun.

Words near mudeo in the dictionary

  1. muddying up
  2. muddyings
  3. muddyish
  4. Muddyman
  5. Mudeford
  6. mudeo
  7. MUDer
  8. MUDers
  9. mudfish
  10. mudfishes
  11. mudflap

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