quarter-miler
Britishnoun
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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 Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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