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quarter-miler

British  

noun

  1. an athlete who specializes in running the quarter mile or the 400 metres

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He served in the Navy’s aviation corps during World War II, then graduated in 1951 from the University of California at Berkeley, where he competed as a quarter-miler and high hurdler.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2017

Navy Air Corps and served during World War II. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1951 after competing for the Golden Bears for three years as a quarter-miler and high hurdler.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2017

Molly Killingbeck, a coach and former quarter-miler who had run for him, confirmed his death, saying he had had lymphoma for five years.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2010

Educated at Grangefield grammar school, he excelled as a quarter-miler on the athletics track and as a footballer, and his love of sport never left him.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010

I knew him by reputation as a famous quarter-miler.

From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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