torch race

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
torch race
    n 1: (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner
         to the next
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Torch race \Torch race\
   A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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