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sack race

noun

  1. a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while their legs are confined together in a sack.


sack race

noun

  1. a race in which the competitors' legs and often bodies are enclosed in sacks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • sack racing, noun
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Other Words From

  • sack racer noun
  • sack racing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sack race1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Organize a sack raceThis was my best event on sports day, so I’d back myself in a sack race over anyone—even Usain Bolt.

When the boys' boxing contest was over they had a sack race, but a small group of youngsters were observed making for the door.

"Helping villagers to climb greasy poles, and finishing a sack race," Charles explained.

He tried the sack race, too, but the first time he slipped altogether inside the thing and had to be taken out, yelling.

Your artistic genius may be a duffer at a sack race, and your crack pianist a butter-fingers with a ball.

A few empty bags which we had used for horse-feed in emergencies suggested a sack-race.

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