sack race
noun
a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while his or her legs are confined in a sack.
Origin of sack race
First recorded in 1880–85
OTHER WORDS FROM sack race
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Example sentences from the Web for sack race
A few empty bags which we had used for horse-feed in emergencies suggested a sack-race.
An American Four-In-Hand in Britain |Andrew Carnegie
British Dictionary definitions for sack race
sack race
noun
a race in which the competitors' legs and often bodies are enclosed in sacks