What's the difference between tournery and tourney?
Tournery
Definition:
(n.) Work turned on a lathe; turnery.
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Tourney
Definition:
(v. t.) A tournament.
(n.) To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
(2) "i thought van Persie's equaliser against Taki-Tiki FC might well turn out to be a defining moment of this tourney," he writes, laughing in the face of capitalisation.
(3) "However," says Robbie Devine, "following a pitch invasion in which Rangers fans fought with Franco's facist police force, the Gers support being cheered on by the Catalan locals, Uefa imposed a two year ban on the club competing in any European tourney.
(4) "Do you remember a single tourney where you have not once heard the crowd in an uproar about some mistake?