"sloshball" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: slosh + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|slosh|ball}} slosh + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sloshball (uncountable)
  1. A drinking game resembling softball or kickball but with players having to drink beer from a keg when passing a base. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-sloshball-en-noun-2dPf-8FV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1995, Pacific Northwest & Alaska: on the loose, Fodor's, page 325",
          "text": "Those frolicking in Vancouver's recreational areas shouldn't be surprised to end up in the middle of a rather messy sloshball game or ultimate Frisbee tournament; Vancouverites tend to leave their big-city attitudes at home.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Melissa Bolton-Klinger, Jayan Kalathil, Generation Change",
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          "ref": "2015, Jason Blum, The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares: The Haunted City",
          "text": "Occasionally you would get a perfect summer day where you could enjoy a sloshball game (beer at each base) until nine in the evening, when it got too dark to catch fly balls.",
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