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Definition of Boat race
1. Noun. A race between people rowing or driving boats.
Definition of Boat race
1. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) The face. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boat Race
Literary usage of Boat race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE boat race From 'Tom Brown at Oxford' SATURDAY night came, and brought with
it a most useful though unpalatable lesson to the ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"PUNCH'S ACCOUNT OF THE BOAT-RACE WARRANTED. A NUMBER of Punch published during
the Boat-Race week would manifestly be incomplete without some description of ..."
3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1871)
"13/5 e 'Cambridge University boat race, 11/6 d Chester Meeting, 7j 7 a—27 j 6
e—2/12 a East Kent Fox-Hounds, Poisoning of, 27 f 9d Entries for the Spring ..."
4. The South-west by Joseph Holt Ingraham (1835)
"... wrapped in flames—-A river on fire—Firemen—A lively scene—Floating cotton —Boatmen—An
ancient Portuguese Charon—A boat race—Pugilists—A hero. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"During the whole of the Easter term the university crews are engaged in practice
and training for the University boat race. The attention of the remainder ..."
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