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Racer   /rˈeɪsər/   Listen
noun
Racer  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse. "And bade the nimblest racer seize the prize."
2.
(Zool.) The common American black snake.
3.
(Mil.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.





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"Racer" Quotes from Famous Books



... a few pieces in 1851 (p. 56, Vol. XX.) and later, but they were of little importance. Cuthbert Bede was as much a writer as a draughtsman, as he showed by his parody of the "High-mettled Racer." Then came another of Punch's stars of the ...
— The History of "Punch" • M. H. Spielmann
... gunshot of Old Claybury church tower, when the sight of a haystack immediately inside a meadow gate suggested a likely hiding place for the racer; and, having run the car under cover, Harley proceeded on foot to the little railway station. He approached a porter who leaned in the doorway. "Could you direct me to the house of his excellency ...
— Fire-Tongue • Sax Rohmer
... just made a little deposit. It's some money I got from the government for the patents on my sky racer, and I'm salting it down here until Dad and I can ...
— Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle • Victor Appleton
... and, among equivocal associates, had been led on by that taste for sporting which is a manly though a perilous characteristic of the true-born Englishman; he who loves horses is liable to come in contact with blacklegs; the racer is a noble animal; but it is his misfortune that the better his breeding the worse his company:—Grant that, in the stables, Adolphus Samuel Poole had picked up some wild oats—he had sown them now. Bygones were bygones. He had made a very prudent marriage. Mrs. Poole was a sensible woman—had ...
— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... wall were a few portraits of celebrated horses, which foreshadowed the fact that M. Wilkie must have, at least, an eighth share in some well-known racer. After this inspection, M. Fortunat smiled complacently. "This young fellow has expensive tastes," he thought. "It will be very easy ...
— The Count's Millions - Volume 1 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau


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