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boat race

noun

  1. the boat race
    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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The young royals wowed the crowd following a friendly boat race on Prince Edward Island.

Since the boat race Creighton had sought Merriwell's company, although he had scarcely given Frank any attention before that.

Sicilians and Trojans assemble for the first contest, a boat race (91-140), which is described at length.

They will train for a boat-race; will they for the race of life?

Wed have less chance of winning the girls boat race than we have, if you were!

Next, with a rush, upon her came the remembrance that she was due at the boat-race.

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