Subbuteo

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Subbuteo

(səˈbjuːtɪəʊ)
n
(Games, other than specified) trademark a football game played on a table, with toy players affixed to rounded bases which are flicked with the fingers
[C20: arbitrarily named, from Latin subbuteo, the specific name of the hobby hawk Falco subbuteo]
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