BONSPIEL
\bˈɒnspiːl], \bˈɒnspiːl], \b_ˈɒ_n_s_p_iː_l]\
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bon'sp[=e]l, n. a great curling-match. [Dr Murray suggests an assumed Dut. bondspel, from bond = verbond, 'covenant, alliance, compact,' and; spel, play; the word having entered Scotch as a whole, spiel, spel, having never been in common use for 'play.']
By Thomas Davidson
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