sack race

A race in which the contestants compete by jumping forward with their legs enclosed in a sack.

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sack race

(Games, other than specified) a race in which the competitors' legs and often bodies are enclosed in sacks

sack racing n

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sack′ race`

a race in which each contestant has the legs enclosed in a sack and moves forward by jumping.

[1880–85]

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sack race - a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack

race - a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"

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Sackhüpfen

pussijuoksu

säcklöpning

sack race

n → corsa coi sacchi

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There were boys' races and girls' races, races of young women and old women, of fat men and fat women, sack races and three-legged races, and the contestants strove around the small track through a Bedlam of cheering supporters.

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Ray's connection with his famous relative, and the revival of the sack race competiton, was the result of a discovery by festival organiser Phil Samuel, who like Ray is a member ofBois Afan Male Voice Choir.

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