rat-racing
n.— «The Mansfield Thunderbirds model plane club expects to send about 20 members to compete in stunt and rat-racing events to be sponsored in Cleveland May 7 by the Cleveland Stunt Men.» —“Model Club to Compete” Mansfield News-Journal (Ohio) Apr. 15, 1961. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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