Meaning of oikball | Babel Free

Definitions

Association football.

derogatory, informal, uncountable

Examples

“The regretful fact is that rugby players, despite being infinitely more professional than most of their oikball counterparts, do not earn⟳ enough money from the game to not have⟳ to work⟳ again.”

““Oikball!” The senior broker was a well turned-out specimen. Hand-made suit⟳, fob chain disappearing into top pocket, blue dress shirt with white cutaway collar, slicked-back hair. Rugger was his game of choice.[…]But almost four decades on I still remember⟳ his pithy dismissal of my sport rather than any of the tips he handed out to me, his wet-behind-the-ears investment client.”

“Speaking of which – I get⟳ talking to two Harlequins FC fans on the train⟳ platform, and they offer⟳ me a seat next to them on the way to the stadium. The older one, though helpful on the rules, which I know⟳ nothing about, chooses to bravely embrace all stereotypes by calling football “oikball” and reminiscing about afternoons spent in the car park⟳ of Twickenham Stoop, eating pies and drinking champagne.”

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