blue racer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blue racer
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
While she was raking she saw a large blue racer close by her with his head up nearly as high as her own, looking at her and not seeming inclined to leave her.
From The Bark Covered House by Nowlin, William
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