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| —n | |
| (Austral), (NZ) a form of betting on a horse race in which the punter bets on selecting the first and second place-winners in any order | |
| [from American Spanish quiniela a game of chance] | |
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Quinella
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Word Origin & History
quinella
form of betting in which the bettor picks the first and second horses in a given race, 1942, Amer.Eng., from Amer.Sp. quiniela, originally a ball game with five players, from L. quini "five each," from quinque "five." The sense evolution in Sp. was from the game to a wager on the scores of the players,
hence "any wager against the house."
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