potato race

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of potato race¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

A comical potato race next sent the crowds into convulsions of laughter.

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First came the sack-races; then the pole-climbing; then the potato-race.

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The team wins which finishes first with the fewest number of fouls, as explained for the Potato Race.

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What if you couldn't get a clotheshorse to run in a potato-race?

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Even Phyllis Norton was shrieking in a potato-race, and only laughed when she fell and soiled her immaculate lace frock.

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