Racing crab

(Zool.) an ocypodian.

See also: Racing

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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A woman reacts as racing crabs are about to be released at a pub called the 'Friend in Hand' in central Sydney, on August 21.
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If this picture of two fishermen afloat could be mistaken for Stanhope Forbes, his Sport on the Shore (circa 1890), a painting of two boys racing crabs on the beach, could equally pass for the work of Henry Scott Tuke.
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