half-miler
[ haf-mahy-ler, hahf- ]
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How to use half-miler in a sentence
Billy Goode thinks the school can worry along through the year without him as a jumper or half-miler or shot-putter.
Quarter-Back Bates | Ralph Henry BarbourHe was trying to be a half-miler last I knew, but I saw him over with the jumpers Friday.
Quarter-Back Bates | Ralph Henry BarbourRindgely went in then and made the pace for the next three-quarters, and then gave place to Thatcher, a half-miler.
On Your Mark! | Ralph Henry Barbour
British Dictionary definitions for half-miler
half-miler
noun
a runner who specializes in running races over half a mile or a similar metric distance
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