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Definition of Racegoers
1. racegoer [n] - See also: racegoer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Racegoers
Literary usage of Racegoers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"A fair percentage of racegoers will utter an imprecation on learning the name of
the winner of the Derby. Some one will take a theatre, ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"... is to assert that your judgment is worth more than that of all other racegoers
put together. Many backers rely upon the advertising tipster foi advice. ..."
3. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"... empty cars and carts round it.s door, and a babel from within made it evident
that the racegoers were pursuing a gradual homeward route. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1904)
"... and Starting— Judges and Judging—Backers and Backing—Bookmakers and
Bookmaking —Handicappers and Handicapping—Touts and Touting—racegoers and ..."
5. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"The semi-state procession approached the assemblage of waiting racegoers at a
rattling gait, the powerful bays attached to the carriages— four to the royal ..."
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