trugo
/ˈtruːɡəʊ
/noun [mass noun] Australian
(In Victoria) an outdoor game in which a rubber disc is struck towards a goal with a mallet: there was nothing to do in my home town except play trugo...
- Trugo was invented by staff at the Newport Workshops in the 1920's.
- Maybe I'll go and play a late afternoon match of Trugo in Ascot Vale, and you'll go shopping in Brunswick Street.
- The Victorian Trugo Association invites you to be part of history and play a game of Trugo today.
Origin
1940s: from true + go1.
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