| 单词 | football pool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfootball pool football pool n. British Betting an organized system of betting on the results of football matches, the winners receiving large sums accumulated from entry money; (also) = football coupon n.; usually in plural; cf. pool n.3 4b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > football pools > [noun] football pool1929 pool1929 1929 Times Index Jan.–Mar. 59/2 Football ‘pool’. 1936 Economist 7 Mar. 517/2 We may..put..the total ‘rake off’ of football pool promoters..at not less than 30 per cent. of the amounts staked. 1957 M. Spark Comforters i. 6 Louisa Jepp sat at the table writing out her football pools. 2012 Sun (Nexis) 25 July 35 My wife says she'll leave me unless I stop doing the football pools online. < as lemmas |
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