bolter
/ (ˈbəʊltə) /
an outsider in a contest or race
history an escaped convict; bushranger
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How to use bolter in a sentence
After The bolter was first published in the U.K., a woman wrote to me from Canada.
The bolter by Frances Osborne gave me a wicked summer weekend read.
"Well, so far as I can see, bolter has not been running away," he said thoughtfully.
Queensland Cousins | Eleanor Luisa HaverfieldLeon bolter was made a first assistant engineer, and Fred Faggs the second.
Within The Enemy's Lines | Oliver OpticWhenever he spoke, again, Morris bolter—quite as instantly, just as visibly and as audibly—was there upon the platform.
Charles Dickens as a Reader | Charles Kent
A wealthy Victorian was arrested as a Tasmanian bolter while I was in the colony.
Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth DilkeOne of her tricks, bolting, was not so very serious, but now she proved herself a “blind bolter.”
The Night Riders | Ridgwell Cullum
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