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Subbuteo, n.
Brit. |səˈb(j)uːtɪəʊ|, U.S. |səˈb(j)udioʊ|
[Punningly > n.2; Linnaeus Systema Naturæ(ed. 10, 1758) I. 89) > prefix + būteō hawk or buzzard (see buteonine adj.).
Peter Adolph, inventor of the game, had wished to call it The Hobby (compare hobby n.1 5). When this was rejected as a patent name, he chose part of the Latin name of the falcon known in English as the hobby.]
A proprietary name for: a game consisting of a table-top Association Football replica pitch on which small plastic playing figures are flicked towards a ball; (also) any of a number of versions based on other field sports.
1948Trade Marks Jrnl. 14 Apr. 271/1 Subbuteo. 1948Sporting Mirror 21 May 10/3 (advt.) Send 3d. stamp for full details of Subbuteo, the game of Table Soccer... Played with 22 miniature men, ball and goals. 1976Star (Sheffield) 3 Dec. 20/1 (advt.) Subbuteo Cricket. {pstlg}3.50. 1983East Anglian Daily Times 4 May 12/1 Hadleigh looks set to stage its first open Subbuteo tournament. 2001S. Armitage Little Green Man (2002) xii. 53, I flipped through dozens of Silvine notebooks and jotters, yearbooks from many seasons of Subbuteo, crammed with results and fixture lists. |