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Definition of Rackers
1. racker [n] - See also: racker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rackers
Literary usage of Rackers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1821)
"These rackers, or running walkers, can cover from six to eight miles an hour with
such absolute freedom from motion to the riders that the feat ..."
2. A Virginian Village, and Other Papers: Together with Some Autobiographical Notes by Ehrman Syme Nadal (1917)
"Pacers, rackers, and single-footers are seen everywhere throughout Virginia.
Pacing is certainly not a pretty gait, but it by no means deserves the contempt ..."
3. A Virginian Village, and Other Papers: Together with Some Autobiographical Notes by Ehrman Syme Nadal (1917)
"Pacers, rackers, and single-footers are seen everywhere throughout Virginia.
Pacing is certainly not a pretty gait, but it by no means deserves the contempt ..."
4. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"FARMER. ET 1768. К. В. 4 Burr. 2214. GREEN v. FARMER. ET 1768. KB 1 131. G5I.
Trover for several parcels of serges and rackers. It appeared that Messrs. ..."
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