Wolvesn.
/wʊlvz/, U.S. /wʊlvz/ Colloquial name for Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.
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1908 O. Seaman Salvage 140 I hardly care at all Whether the Wolves break up the Throstles' wings.
1923 Racing Record 10 Feb. 3/2 Bradford City I take to defeat the Wolves.
1960 Times 2 Mar. 14/1 Tactically, Wolves must bank on all-out attack to wipe the slate clean.
1978 P. Bailey Leisure & Class in Victorian Eng. vi. 139 A Church of England school team in Wolverhampton, later the Wolves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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