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Definition of Black racer

1. Noun. Blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Racer

Literary usage of Black racer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Greek Folk-songs from the Ottoman Provinces of Northern Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1888)
"xr X. THE king and Constantine did eat, they ate and drank together, When rose the question twixt them twain — whose was the best black racer ? ..."

2. Greek Folk-songs from the Turkish Provinces of Greece, Hē Doulē Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1885)
"THE black racer. ... THE king and Constantine did eat, they ate and drank together, When rose the question twixt them twain—whose was the best black racer ? ..."

3. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson (1913)
"Therefore he is now the black racer. And that is why the black racer darts around and doubles on his track as if trying to escape. ..."

4. With Sabre and Scalpel: The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon by John Allan Wyeth (1914)
"This the rattler did, when, with a movement so lightning-like that my eyes could hardly follow it, the black racer seized him with his jaws just back of the ..."

5. Report (1905)
"black racer. Black Snake, Pilot Snake, Sleepy John. Dorsal scales in 25 to 29 rows, 9-17 rows keeled, becoming more decidedly so towards the medium line. ..."

6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"He clung to the quarters of the black racer like Satan to a sinner. He, too, was struggling. All his apathy and sleepiness was gone and he seemed aflame ..."

7. Greek Folk-songs from the Ottoman Provinces of Northern Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1888)
"xr X. THE king and Constantine did eat, they ate and drank together, When rose the question twixt them twain — whose was the best black racer ? ..."

8. Greek Folk-songs from the Turkish Provinces of Greece, Hē Doulē Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1885)
"THE black racer. ... THE king and Constantine did eat, they ate and drank together, When rose the question twixt them twain—whose was the best black racer ? ..."

9. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson (1913)
"Therefore he is now the black racer. And that is why the black racer darts around and doubles on his track as if trying to escape. ..."

10. With Sabre and Scalpel: The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon by John Allan Wyeth (1914)
"This the rattler did, when, with a movement so lightning-like that my eyes could hardly follow it, the black racer seized him with his jaws just back of the ..."

11. Report (1905)
"black racer. Black Snake, Pilot Snake, Sleepy John. Dorsal scales in 25 to 29 rows, 9-17 rows keeled, becoming more decidedly so towards the medium line. ..."

12. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"He clung to the quarters of the black racer like Satan to a sinner. He, too, was struggling. All his apathy and sleepiness was gone and he seemed aflame ..."

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