touchline

[tuhch-lahyn]

touch·line

[tuhch-lahyn]
noun Rugby, Soccer.
any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.

Origin:
1545–55; touch + line1
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Touchline is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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touchline (ˈtʌtʃˌlaɪn)
 
n
either of the lines marking the side of the playing area in certain games, such as rugby

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