schlockey
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English
Etymology
Punning blend of schlocky + hockey. From being an inferior variant of ice hockey.
Noun
schlockey (uncountable)
- (Canada) A box game variant of ice hockey, for two players, with two blade-less "schtick" sticks, a puck, a wooden box with two, three, or five slotted dividers, representing pass/shot opposition for the (possible) middle divider(s), and the goal slots for the two end dividers.
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References
- “schlockey, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
