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CIDE DICTIONARY

lampadrome

CIDE DICTIONARY

lampadromen. [Gr. ; , , torch + course, race, fr. to run.].
     A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.  [1913 Webster]

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