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[quote=Anonymous]"Drag racing (1947), is said to be from thieves' slang drag "automobile" (1935), perhaps ultimately from slang sense of "wagon, buggy" (1755), because a horse would drag it. By 1851 this was transferred to "street," as in the phrase main drag (which some propose as the source of the racing sense)." https://www.etymonline.com/word/drag#:~:text=Drag%20racing%20(1947)%2C%20is,source%20of%20the%20racing%20sense).[/quote]
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