fleet-footed
able to run fast.
Origin of fleet-footed
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How to use fleet-footed in a sentence
Or that “if you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.”
Ron Paul Got a Free Pass From the Press Until His Polls Soared | Howard Kurtz | December 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTParties of gentlemen on horseback, with their pack of hounds, hunt the fleet-footed deer.
They are beautiful animals, strong and fleet-footed, but often savage with anyone but their master.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt | R. Talbot KellyThe marines, led by their sergeant, charged after them till the greater number of the fleet-footed savages had disappeared.
The Missing Ship | W. H. G. KingstonNeed we say that this is the Scottish Earl, the father of our fleet-footed thralls, and that the dark-haired girl is Emma?
The Norsemen in the West | R.M. Ballantyne
In the darkness, on the steep and ragged descent the fleet-footed savages could almost keep pace with the horse.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
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