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单词 quinella
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quinellan.

Brit. /kwᵻˈnɛlə/, U.S. /kwɪˈnɛlə/
Forms: 1900s– quinela, 1900s– quinella, 1900s– quiniela. Also occasionally with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish quiniela.
Etymology: < South American Spanish quiniela (compare Spanish quinielas football pools), perhaps < Spanish quina double five at dice ( < classical Latin quīnī five each, five a time: see quinary n.) + a suffix of uncertain identity.
Gambling (originally U.S.).
A bet in which the punter predicts the first and second finishers in a race or other contest, not necessarily in the correct order. Cf. perfecta n. and adj.Originally in the sport of jai alai; in later use chiefly in horseracing.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet
swoopstake1599
by-beta1627
levant1714
even money1732
play or pay bet1738
side bet1769
long shot1796
sweep1849
pay-or-play1853
sweepstake1861
pari-mutuel1868
to go a raker1869
flutter1874
skinner1874
by-wager1886
plunge1888
accumulator1889
saver1891
mutuel1893
quinella1902
parlay1904
Sydney or the bush1924
treble1924
daily double1930
all-up1933
round robin1944
double1951
twin double1960
perfecta1961
pool1963
lose bet1964
tiercé1964
Yankee bet1964
Yankee1967
nap1971
superfecta1971
tricast1972
triple1972
trixie1973
telebetting1974
trifecta1974
over-and-under1975
over-under1981
spread bet1981
1902 New Oxford (Pa.) Item 30 May On a quinela..from $8000 to $9000 is wagered.
1920 J. Hergesheimer San Cristóbal 91 A quiniela followed, with six contestants, one against the other in successive pairs.
1956 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Oct. (B ed.) 9/1 A petition for quinella wagering at Maryland thoroughbred tracks.
1974 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 July 9/9 Two relative outsiders..returned a quinella of $473.60 when they were first and second in the Seatoun Handicap.
1977 Listener 30 June 847/3 Didn't put number five in the Quinela.
2004 A. D. Aczel Chance 159 Only one ticket was sold on the winning quinella (Buckwheat and Handsome Lass) at odds of 9872-to-1.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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