bandy
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1. bandy - Noun
2. bandy - Adjective
3. bandy - Verb
4. bandy - Adjective Satellite
5. Bandy - Proper noun
Meaning
A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.
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Just Discourse: Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?
We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.
We bandied around these difficult questions
Additionally, Hamar is known for its indoor long track speed skating and bandy arena, the Olympia Hall, better known as Vikingskipet ("The Viking ship") for its shape.
A game that could be recognized as essentially modern bandy was played in Russia by the early 18th century, although the rules used differed from those invented in England at a much later date.