bolter

/ (ˈbəʊltə) /

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noun Australian informal

an outsider in a contest or race

history an escaped convict; bushranger

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bolstered, bolt, bolt-action, bolt boat, boltel, bolter, bolt from (out of) the blue, bolthead, bolt-hole, bolting cloth, Bolton

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How to use bolter in a sentence

After The Bolter was first published in the U.K., a woman wrote to me from Canada.
Spilling My Family's Secrets|Frances Osborne|May 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Bolter by Frances Osborne gave me a wicked summer weekend read.
Our Favorite Books of 2009|The Daily Beast|December 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"Well, so far as I can see, Bolter has not been running away," he said thoughtfully.
Queensland Cousins|Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
Leon Bolter was made a first assistant engineer, and Fred Faggs the second.
Within The Enemy's Lines|Oliver Optic

Whenever he spoke, again, Morris Bolter—quite as instantly, just as visibly and as audibly—was there upon the platform.
Charles Dickens as a Reader|Charles Kent
A wealthy Victorian was arrested as a Tasmanian bolter while I was in the colony.
Greater Britain|Charles Wentworth Dilke
One of her tricks, bolting, was not so very serious, but now she proved herself a “blind bolter.”
The Night Riders|Ridgwell Cullum

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