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| la·crosse [ lə kráwss ] |
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sport played with netted stick: a sport in which two teams of ten players use sticks with a net pouch crosse at one end to throw and catch a small hard rubber ball. The objective is to score a goal by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal net. Lacrosse was originated by Native North Americans.
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 a lacrosse stick
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| [Early 18th century. < Canadian French (jeu de) la crosse "(game of) the hooked stick" < Germanic] |
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