pinch runner

In April, Wehby was the front-runner; now, she is trailing badly and Oregon is safely in the D column.

To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.

And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.

Here are pretty goings on—a pinch of your snuff, Perker, my boy—never were such times, eh?

That first 'pinch' was its own priceless reward, far above present appreciation or future fame.

Both the twain were very bare and scant of the goods of this world, and even then were feeling bitterly the pinch of hunger.