broomball

broomball
/broohm"bawl', broom"-/, n.
a game similar to ice hockey, usually played on a rink, in which the players, often not wearing skates, use brooms instead of hockey sticks to shoot a volleyball into the opponent's goal.
[1935-40; BROOM + BALL1]

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