"wife carrying" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wife carrying (uncountable)
  1. A Finnish sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course. Wikipedia link: wife carrying Tags: uncountable Translations (Finnish sport): 背媳婦比賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 背媳妇比赛 (bēi xífu bǐsài) (Chinese Mandarin), vrouwdragen [neuter] (Dutch), vrouwsjouwen (Dutch), naisekandmine (Estonian), eukonkanto (Finnish), akankanto (Finnish), porter de femme [masculine] (French), Frauentragen [neuter] (German), נשיאת נשים (Hebrew), feleségcipelés (Hungarian), trasporto della moglie [masculine] (Italian), 奥様運び (okusama hakobi) (alt: おくさまはこび) (Japanese), konebæring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), konebæring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مسابقه حمل همسر (mosâbeqe haml hamsar) (Persian), carregamento de mulheres [masculine] (Portuguese), ноше́ние жён (nošénije žon) [neuter] (Russian), cargar con la esposa [masculine] (Spanish), kärringkånk (Swedish), kärringbärning [common-gender] (Swedish), перего́ни з дружи́нами (perehóny z družýnamy) (Ukrainian)

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