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bonspiel

noun /ˈbɒnspiːl/

  1. A tournament in the sport of curling.

    […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word, or gave another glance at the bonspiel, though there was the finest fun amang the curlers ever was seen; […]

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Scots bonspiel, from Middle Scots bonspele, possibly from Dutch bond (“league”) + spel (“game”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bonspiel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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