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fleet-footed

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Or that “if you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.”

Parties 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.

The marines, led by their sergeant, charged after them till the greater number of the fleet-footed savages had disappeared.

Need we say that this is the Scottish Earl, the father of our fleet-footed thralls, and that the dark-haired girl is Emma?

In the darkness, on the steep and ragged descent the fleet-footed savages could almost keep pace with the horse.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fleet-footed, such as: abrupt, expeditious, hasty, nimble, quick, and rapid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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