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[ noun ] a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

The Texans have two more road_games - at Buffalo and Houston - before they play for the home_folks again , and it looks as if coach Hank_Stram 's men will meet the Bills just_as they are developing into the kind of team they were expected to be in pre-season reckonings .

Related terms

season spring_training

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