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hurley

[hur-lee] / ˈhɜr li /


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Blurs of men continue their hurley battle for a ball skittering across a Kinvara field.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

They will cheer for neighbors, including 18-year-old Conor Whelan, who was on this very grass the night before, practicing and practicing his hurley moves, alone.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

He could fling the ball long distances, then throw his hurley to smack it in midair, driving the ball even further.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

The book utterly dulls a bright satiric idea, and the songs, with the quaint exception of a Hibernian lay describing a game of seraphic hurley,* are easy to forget.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, he half hoped that if it came to that, he might escape in the hurley.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William




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