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Bandies

Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl. Bandies (-d[i^]z). [Cf. F. band['e], p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See Band, n.]

  1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
    --Johnson.

  2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.

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bandies

vb. (en-third-person singularbandy)

Usage examples of "bandies".

Large heads, broad backs, beards which would reach to their protruding navels if not whipped away by wind, faces neither grim nor alarmed but intent and determined, the Bandies came at the gallop.