| 单词 | rundown sheet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrundown sheet a. U.S. Horse Racing slang. A list of entries and current betting odds. Chiefly attributive, as rundown board, rundown sheet, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > odds > list of (probable) odds rundown1931 morning line1935 1931 Chester (Pa.) Times 25 May 10/4 Police raided what is known as the Liberty Club, on East Seventh street, confiscating ‘run-down’ sheets and many betting slips. 1936 San Antonio (Texas) Express 15 Mar. 16/3 The mayor's investigators also seized a quantity of equipment used by the race news agency including..records such as scratch sheets, odds run downs.., and a list of customers. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 102 733/2 Rundown board, the bookmaker's board on which is posted the sheet of entries and odds; rundown sheet, slate, a list of entries and betting odds posted by a bookmaker. 1953 C. Williams Nothing in her Way (1954) xvi. 149 I watched the first and second run-downs. Tanner's Girl was seven to one, then five to one, and the odds on Torchy and Smoke Blue were going up. 1995 F. A. Farrell & C. Case Black Bk. & Mob v. 83 The usual items found in a lay-off betting operation: rundown sheets, baseball cards, and the like. < as lemmas |
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