Definition of Boat race

1. Noun. A race between people rowing or driving boats.

Generic synonyms: Race
Specialized synonyms: Sailing-race, Yacht Race

Definition of Boat race

1. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) The face. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boat Race

boat-shaped
boat-shaped abdomen
boat-tail
boat bug
boat bugs
boat club
boat conformation
boat deck
boat form
boat hook
boat lift
boat lifts
boat paddle
boat people
boat person
boat race (current term)
boat racing
boat shell
boat shells
boat shoe
boat shoes
boat train
boat trip
boat trips
boat whistle
boatable
boatage
boatages
boatbearer
boatbearers

Literary usage of Boat race

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE boat race From 'Tom Brown at Oxford' SATURDAY night came, and brought with it a most useful though unpalatable lesson to the ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"PUNCH'S ACCOUNT OF THE BOAT-RACE WARRANTED. A NUMBER of Punch published during the Boat-Race week would manifestly be incomplete without some description of ..."

3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1871)
"13/5 e 'Cambridge University boat race, 11/6 d Chester Meeting, 7j 7 a—27 j 6 e—2/12 a East Kent Fox-Hounds, Poisoning of, 27 f 9d Entries for the Spring ..."

4. The South-west by Joseph Holt Ingraham (1835)
"... wrapped in flames—-A river on fire—Firemen—A lively scene—Floating cotton —Boatmen—An ancient Portuguese Charon—A boat race—Pugilists—A hero. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"During the whole of the Easter term the university crews are engaged in practice and training for the University boat race. The attention of the remainder ..."

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