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bon⋅spiel

  [bon-speel]
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–noun
a competition or meet in curling at which teams from several clubs or districts compete with one another.
Origin:
1555–65; Scots dial., perh. < D or LG; cf. D spel game, play (MD, c. OHG spil, G Spiel); identity of first element uncert.
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bon·spiel   (bŏn'spēl')   
n.   Scots
A curling match or tournament.

[Probably Dutch *bonspel, league game : bon, league, perhaps from bonne, precinct of a city + spel, game, from Middle Dutch.]
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