motorkhanan.
/ˌməʊtəˈkɑːnə/, U.S. /ˌmoʊdərˈkɑnə/, Australian English /ˌmoʊtəˈkʌːnə/, /ˌmoʊdəˈkʌːnə/, New Zealand English /ˌmʌudəˈkʌːnə/ Chiefly Australian and New Zealand.
A motoring competition designed to test a variety of driving skills, and often comprising a series of events. Cf. gymkhana n.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle
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sports1535
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sportfest1919
summer games1928
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Commonwealth Games1954
motorkhana1954
1954 Age (Melbourne) 23 Feb. 9/2 The Victorian Amateur Drivers' Club is to stage another motorkhana at Beveridge, about 25 miles north of Melbourne.
1981 Financial Rev. (Austral.) 24 Apr. 38/1 The motorkhana was won by Kevin Jarman in his Porsche 911 Carrera Targa.
1991 Outrage Feb. 86/3 (advt.) Activities vary from video nights to motorkhanas.
2000 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 27 Brader competes in races, sprints and motorkhanas in a 1950s TF and a 1963 Midget, and has won the Pierson Cup for motorkhana competition five times.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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