小こ走ばしり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

trot; jog; half run

A light, quick run; faster than a walk but not a full sprint. Often used with する.

• 犬いぬが小こ走ばしりで近ちかづいてきた。

  The dog came trotting up.

• 駅えきまで小こ走ばしりした。

  I jogged to the station.

noun

girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

Historical term for a young female servant in a samurai household. Rare in modern usage.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、小こ走ばしりが武ぶ家けの雑ざつ用ようをこなす場ば面めんが出でてくる。

  In period dramas, there are scenes where a 小走り performs menial tasks in a samurai family.