"beer league" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: beer leagues [plural]
Etymology: From beer + league. From players mythically playing for beer, and having beer bellies. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|beer|league}} beer + league Head templates: {{en-noun}} beer league (plural beer leagues)
  1. An amateur sports league composed of recreational players. Synonyms: rec league, house league, pick-up league Hypernyms: amateur league, minor league, senior league (english: a league whose players are no longer juniors) Derived forms: beer leaguer
    Sense id: en-beer_league-en-noun-4iJcKOBd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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