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Definition of Racers
1. racer [n] - See also: racer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Racers
Literary usage of Racers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"All of the North American racers have perfectly smooth scales. Although the body
appears powerful enough, none of these snakes evinces the habit of ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"So the dull eel moves nimbler in the mod, Than all the swift-Gnn'd racers of the
flood. ... racers ..."
3. The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1915)
"THE racers TIME at my elbow plucks me sore; Yet I 'll not slack my pace to hear
The one sad word which, o'er and o'er, He whispers in my ear. ..."
4. The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1915)
"THE racers Walter Malone. TIME at my elbow plucks me sore; Yet I'll not slack my
pace to hear The one sad word which, o'er and o'er, He whispers in my ear. ..."
5. The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and by William Jay (1833)
"Kentucky racers, both literal and figurative, will, it seems, have their capers.
It would be no loss to the public, if some of them were at the plough Seek ..."
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