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leadfoot

American  
[led-foot] / ˈlɛdˌfʊt /

noun

Informal.

plural

leadfoots, leadfeet

  1. a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.

Etymology

Origin of leadfoot

lead 2 + foot

Example Sentences

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But the state’s vigor has its critics, and the prolific tickets clearly aren’t slowing all the speedsters: “I don’t have time to fart around with these fiddly slowpokes,” one local leadfoot says.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2018

As for me, a leadfoot who lives at the top of a series of steep hills, I seemed to be getting a little less than that.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2016

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