"footballing" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "football + -ing",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC",
          "text": "Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder.",
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        "relating to the sport of football"
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          "word": "futbolístico"
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  "word": "footballing"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "present participle and gerund of football"
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  "word": "footballing"
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          "ref": "2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC",
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        "(attributive) relating to the sport of football"
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      "word": "futbolístico"
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  "word": "footballing"
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  "etymology_text": "football + -ing",
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