Canadian football

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Canadian football (uncountable)

  1. A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.

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  • Called simply football in Canada and Canadian football elsewhere in the world, even in the United States.

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