horse racingn.
The practice or sport of running horses in competitions of speed.
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runningeOE
horse-running1504
swift horse running?a1513
horse racingc1654
horse-coursing1764
jockeyinga1770
sport of kings1918
c1654 G. Fox Jrnl. (1827) I. 250 Each taking his horse..and so go to horse-racing.
1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick (1781) I. xxvi. 297 The wretched attachment of our young nobility and gentry to horse-racing.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 201 All ardently addicted to gambling and horse-racing.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 1/3 Horse-racing..is a sport which gives more employment to more thousands of deserving persons than can be claimed for any other.
Compounds
horseracing-board n. a board used for a gambling game played with figures of horses.
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horseracing-board1883
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Mar. 7/2 Charged with gambling with a horseracing-board in the New-cut, and carrying on a system of swindling.
Derivatives
ˈhorse-ˌracing adj. addicted to horse racing.
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horse-racing1814
1814 Last Act ii. ii A bold, dashing, horse-racing, fox-hunting heroine.
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