red-boarding
v.— «On thinking things over, or Own should have been played, for “red-boarding” the race, On Your several reasons.» —“On Your Own, 10-1 Aqueduct Victor” by Joseph C. Nichols New York Times June 20, 1954. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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