Eton foot-ball. A mêlée, a scrimmage.
1865. W. L. C., Etoniana, xv. 213. It is with a grim satisfaction that they hear still of collar-bones broken and knees put out in the fierce football bully.
1873. M. Collins, Sqr. Silchester, II. xvii. 213. A youngster who has held his own in a football bully.
