trotting race
noun
a horse race using trotters.
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Origin of trotting race
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby trotting race
Trotskyism, Trotskyist International, Trotskyite, Trotsky, Leon, trotter, trotting race, trotty, trotyl, troubadour, troubadours, Troubetzkoy
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Example sentences from the Web for trotting race
But let me show you a trotting-race, where the sweet little winner goes his measured mile in two minutes and a half.
The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant
British Dictionary definitions for trotting race
trotting race
noun
NZ a race for standard-bred horses driven in sulkies and harnessed in a special way to cause them to use the correct gaitAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): harness race
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