potato race

noun

a novelty race in which each contestant must move a number of potatoes from one place to another, usually in a spoon, carrying one potato at a time.

Origin of potato race

First recorded in 1880–85

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A comical potato race next sent the crowds into convulsions of laughter.
Fred Fenton on the Track | Allen Chapman
First came the sack-races; then the pole-climbing; then the potato-race.
The Hallowell Partnership | Katharine Holland Brown
The team wins which finishes first with the fewest number of fouls, as explained for the potato race.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium | Jessie H. Bancroft
What if you couldn't get a clotheshorse to run in a potato-race?
Garrison's Finish | W. B. M. Ferguson
Even Phyllis Norton was shrieking in a potato-race, and only laughed when she fell and soiled her immaculate lace frock.
A Terrible Tomboy | Angela Brazil

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