Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of motorcar designed to secure the highest speed for racing purposes: made with multiple cylinders, and with the weight of the car and frame reduced as far as is consistent with safety. Such cars have run for considerable distances at speeds of over 100 miles an hour. See
automobile , 2.
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- noun Alternative form of
racing car .
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Examples
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But computer animation offered restitution, with the actor's final theatrical feature keenly casting him as a judge with substantial racing-car history.
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As chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, who played an instrumental role in securing the British Grand Prix for Silverstone this past December and says he once harbored hopes of becoming a professional racing-car driver, Mr. Brooks surely must drive a high-performance vehicle.
Bonhams Looks to Asia William Lyons 2010
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As chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, who played an instrumental role in securing the British Grand Prix for Silverstone this past December and says he once harbored hopes of becoming a professional racing-car driver, Mr. Brooks surely must drive a high-performance vehicle.
Bonhams Looks to Asia William Lyons 2010
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As chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, who played an instrumental role in securing the British Grand Prix for Silverstone this past December and says he once harbored hopes of becoming a professional racing-car driver, Mr. Brooks surely must drive a high-performance vehicle.
Bonhams Looks to Asia William Lyons 2010
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From the calls charged to the card, the Feds were able to trace a devil's shopping list -- to the rental agency to reserve the Ryder truck, to suppliers of 55-gallon plastic barrels, to producers of racing-car fuel -- the better to boost the explosive power of the fuel-soaked fertilizer bomb.
Judgment Day 2008
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The face of Niki Lauda, made famous by a near-fatal racing-car accident in 1976 on the Nurburgring in Germany, will be emblazoned across one of three office towers in Dubai planned by ACI Real Estate.
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Another British company, Kiddiebeds, has a great line of affordable racing-car beds for boys and "flower beds" for girls (roughly 150 pounds at kiddie beds. co.uk).
TIPSHEET 2007
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Our antihero is the rookie racing-car sensation Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a go-it-alone, look-out-for-number-one showboat with an agent in Hollywood (who else but Jeremy Piven) and dreams of big-bucks corporate sponsorship.
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These three were young in the 1930s: the two men were racing-car drivers, and in the second world war all three were involved in the French Resistance movement.
Archive 2004-06-01 Michael Allen 2004
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These three were young in the 1930s: the two men were racing-car drivers, and in the second world war all three were involved in the French Resistance movement.
June 2004 Michael Allen 2004
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