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Definition of Sack race
1. Noun. A novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack.
Definition of Sack race
1. Noun. (games racing) A race in which competitors stand in a sack or similar item and try to be the first to jump to the finish line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sack Race
Literary usage of Sack race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1873)
"The sack race was a most amusing exhibition, as many as fifty runners being "coloured
on the card " frequently, bringing no end of entrance money to the ..."
2. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"We are to have a grand festival next month, and amongst the exercises is a sack-race.
GRACE. A sack-race I What is that! ALFRED. It is an old English game; ..."
3. Life of David Bell Birney, Major-general United States Volunteers by Oliver Wilson Davis (1867)
"First a foot race, prizes, ten dollars, five dollars and three dollars; next,
climbing the greased pole; then a sack- race; next, wheel of fortune; ..."
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