Definitions
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- noun An
indoor ballgame played with a stick likehockey .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I want to use it for a sport called floorball ... it is something like icehockey without the ice;) ..
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"A Swedish floorball team in the city of Kalmar have a devoted fanbase who regularly chant Istanbul-Constantinople at the team's matches," writes Kalmar resident Björn Keag.
Are Newcastle United England's only united United? | The Knowledge 2011
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Two decades ago, they came close to winning one of Sweden's floorball competitions.
George Heymont: Water, Water, Everywhere George Heymont 2011
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JN: We started out as hockey players --- well, I played floorball.
Jesse Kornbluth: Movits: The World's Greatest Swedish Hip-Hop Swing Jazz Band Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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ROARRR i cant wait for this week to be over then i shall be FREEE. i'm already planning my next week and i shall take hold of my days of freedom! but now i am exhausted from today's floorball training which saw us sprinting 200m and 400m intervals, and then playing a half hour game of combined rugby with the guys (of which i am absolutely terrified of). i ran 400m in 1.34 mins!
cooltwinz Diary Entry cooltwinz 2008
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I'm quite beat, and tomorrow I'm having floorball training again, and I have to yet again be more enthusiastic than anyone since I'm supposed to lead.
jaeaxe Diary Entry jaeaxe 2007
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NHL stars such as Henrik and Daniel Sedin grew up playing floorball, a European version of floor hockey, the second-ranked sport behind soccer in Sweden.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SEAN STANLEIGH 2012
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Club from Vehkalahti providing opportunities for a number of sports: orienteering, skiing, biathlon, triathlon, track and field, triathlon and physical exercise and in the village clubs also volleyball, pesäpallo Finnish variety of baseball, football and floorball
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The village clubs also engage in, for example, volleyball, pesäpallo Finnish variety of baseball, football and floorball.
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Salo was on the shelf for the first 55 games of the season with a ruptured Achilles' tendon he hurt playing floorball in the off-season in Finland.
The Seattle Times 2011
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