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Definition of Speed demon
1. Noun. A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.
Definition of Speed demon
1. Noun. Anything that is extremely fast ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speed Demon
Literary usage of Speed demon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"3o-mi. race for championship of America won by Baby speed demon II., Lake George,
NY; j -mi. championship of America won by Baby Speed 43 m. 47 s. J! ..."
2. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"It is to play to this speed demon that the mail- boats have been taken across
the cold water in Spring and Summer. To go South into the warm water meant a ..."
3. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"124, B), which is characterized by short body, rather short neck, and fiercely
predaceous jaws; a creature with all the earmarks of an aquatic speed demon, ..."
4. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"124, B), which is characterized by short body, rather short neck, and fiercely
predaceous jaws; a creature with all the earmarks of an aquatic speed demon, ..."
5. News Writing, the Gathering, Handling and Writing of News Stories by Matthew Lyle Spencer (1917)
"Thus in the back field we have a good all round man, a wonderful line plunger,
a speed demon, and an agile, hard worker. ..."
6. Story of the Automobile: Its History and Development from 1760 to 1917, with by Herbert Lee Barber (1917)
"... hasn't erected a monument to Oliver Evans for his abiding faith in the future
of the motor car as a speed demon, ..."
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