Definition of Churchill downs

1. Noun. A racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Louisville; site of the Kentucky Derby.

Generic synonyms: Dirt Track
Group relationships: Louisville

Lexicographical Neighbors of Churchill Downs

Church Slavic
Church Slavonic
Church Slavonicism
Church Slavonicisms
Church of Christ Scientist
Church of England
Church of Ireland
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Rome
Church of Satan
Church of Scientology
Church of Scotland
Church of the Brethren
Churchianity
Churchill
Churchill Downs
Churchillian
Churchward
Churg
Churrigueresque
Churu
Chuvash
Chuvash Autonomous Oblast
Chuvashes
Chuvashia
Chvostek
Chvostek's sign
Chvostek sign
Chvostek signs
Chypre

Literary usage of Churchill downs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"The May sun never shone with more exhilarating splendor, and by twelve o'clock the avenues leading to the race-course at churchill downs began to assume an ..."

2. Mike Leibig Traveling in Disguise by Michael T. Leibig (2003)
"We all had new white bucks. Ellen looked great in a special Derby hat and her lucky green dress. When we arrived at churchill downs' twin spires, ..."

3. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"... 0 KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM AND churchill downs (NHL) The Kentucky Derby is the oldest, continuously operated race in the United States. ..."

4. Studies in the South and West: With Comments on Canada by Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"... on churchill downs is the famous Jockey Club Park, a perfect racing track and establishment, where worldwide reputations are made at the semi-annual ..."

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