blue racer

American  

noun

1. a bluish racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of Ohio to eastern Iowa.

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blue racer British  

noun

1. a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris , of the US

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Etymology

Origin of blue racer

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

One of the workers “screamed his head off” when a blue racer, a nonvenomous snake, wrapped around the man’s leg.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2016

At one minute past noon, after 100 miles, the crowd stood up as Holland's blue racer got into a traffic jam streaking into the southwest turn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Snakebiter In Wooster, Ohio, Allen Manson, 17, found a blue racer snake coiled around his neck, bit the reptile until it relaxed and freed him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Starting in 1961, he hiked miles through swamps and caught plenty of garter, gopher and blue racer snakes, but found virus in only one.

From Time Magazine Archive

I never heard of a blue racer hurting any one and this was the only one I ever knew to make the attempt.

From The Bark Covered House by Nowlin, William