local derby

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local derby (plural local derbies)

  1. A sports match between local rival teams.
    Synonym: derby
    • 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:
      Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).

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