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hockey

hock.ey \'ha:k-e-\ n [perh. fr. MF hoquet shepherd's crook, dim. of hoc 
   hook, of Gmc ori]gin; akin to OE ho-c hook : a game played on a field or on 
   ice in which two sides try to drive a sma ll object through opposite goals 
   by hitting it with a curved or hooked stick