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boat race

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boat race
n
(Team Sports / Rowing)
the Brit a rowing event held annually in the spring, in which an eight representing Oxford University rows against one representing Cambridge University on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake
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Noun1.boat race - a race between people rowing or driving boatsboat race - a race between people rowing or driving boats
race - a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
sailing-race, yacht race - a race between crews of people in yachts
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boat race n → gara di canottaggio
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