"three-legged race" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: three-legged races [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=three-legged race}} three-legged race (plural three-legged races)
  1. (games, athletics) A race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams. Wikipedia link: three-legged race Categories (topical): Athletics, Games Translations (a type of race, game): 二人三足 (èrrénsānzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 兩人三腳 /两人三脚 (liǎngrénsānjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Dreibeinlauf [masculine] (German), 二人三脚 (nininsankyaku) (alt: ににんさんきゃく) (Japanese), 이인삼각 (iinsamgak) (Korean), бег па́рами (beg párami) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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