Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as double-ripper or bob-sled.

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Examples

  • She had seen him at all the parties of the high-school pupils which she had attended, and had gone coasting on his double-runner with other girls a number of times.

    Elsie Marley, Honey Joslyn Gray

  • Henderson's ten-year-old son, who had admired college girls ever since he found that Bob Parker could beat him at steering a double-runner.

    Betty Wales Senior Margaret Warde

  • The safety double-runner does away with serious results, having a bridle with which it is steered.

    Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort

  • "Won't we have fun sliding on that double-runner Uncle has made!"

    The Graymouse Family Nellie Mabel Leonard

  • Uncle Squeaky brought in a red double-runner sled and pushed it under the tree!

    The Graymouse Family Nellie Mabel Leonard

  • Holding the plug he was whittling for his double-runner up to the light, Carl halted.

    Carl and the Cotton Gin Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • Every notable of the capital was there from the President in his double-runner to the humble clerk in a single-seated modest rig.

    Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

  • The double-runner is much lighter and very much easier to steer on account of the front sled being arranged so that it can be moved independently of the rear sled, for a turn to the right or the left causes the "bob" to take the direction indicated by the front runners; but double-runners steered with a wheel, lever or yoke in front, are very dangerous, as the steersman, in case of an accident, is thrown against the steering apparatus, usually with serious results.

    Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort

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