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wheelbarrow race

noun

  1. a race in which one member of each team of two walks on their hands while their legs are held up by their partner.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of wheelbarrow race1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Another editor moved the blurry shot to the article “Wheelbarrow Race,” where it lives on in all its frenzied, bokeh-heavy glory.

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The Sun reported that Markle and Engelson's September 2011 nuptials included a wheelbarrow race, drinking games and brunch, with their actual ceremony lasting just 15 minutes.

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One photo showed my father holding the legs of a white recruit in the air in a wheelbarrow race.

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There was also a wheelbarrow race, a hot tea-drinking showdown and some non-specific whatnottery involving a chap dressed in a donkey's skin that the press alluded to but never got round to properly explaining.

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Other legs of the Redneck Relay included face-planting in whipped cream to find candy, tossing ears of corn into the air and catching them in a bucket and a wheelbarrow race where one partner walks on their hands, or attempts to, while the other holds his or her feet and pushes.

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