lapperyn.
/ˈlapəri/ Motor Racing colloquial.
The action of driving round a motor-racing track; hence, motor-racing in general.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun]
motor race1900
motor racing1905
lappery1937
1937 Motor Sport July 287/2 Preliminary rapid lappery showed that for Brooklands tight shock-absorbers were essential.
1949 Motor Sport June 211/2 The E-type E.R.A. broke a piston after rapid practice lappery.
1957 S. Moss In Track of Speed xiii. 173 The new track is a bit bumpy and dodgy and, after a little lappery on it, we put in some fast work on the old track.
1987 Classic Racer Summer 64/1 With two machines to test..he made a snap decision, encouraged by the dry sunny morning, to start his season's lappery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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