2. Noun. (qualifier Central Canadian Australian Irish) running shoes, sneakers ¹
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Definition of Runners
1. runner [n] - See also: runner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runners
Literary usage of Runners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The runners, constituting as alleged the "main feature" of the improvement, are
journaled on the outer ends of the spindles of the wheels, midway their ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Two- or 3-inch pots are sometimes plunged under the new runners in June and July,
and they become filled with roots in two or three weeks. ..."
3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1901)
"AERIAL runners IN TRIENTALIS AMERICANA. ROBINA SILSBEE SMITH. (Plate 34.)
THOSE acquainted with the Trientalis and with its life under ground are familiar ..."
4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"runners are horizontal stems at or above the ground level, taking root in ...
Stolons are essentially identical with runners, though the term sometimes is ..."
5. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"runners are horizontal stems at or above the ground level, taking root in ...
Stolons are essentially identical with runners, though the term sometimes is ..."
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