"beetle drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beetle drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beetle drive (plural beetle drives)
  1. A variation of the game beetle often used as a fundraiser Wikipedia link: beetle drive
    Sense id: en-beetle_drive-en-noun-LQdR8jZG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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