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perfecta
(per|fecta)
Pronunciation:
/pəˈfɛktə/
noun
North American
a bet in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the correct order.
Compare with
quinella
.
Origin:
1970s
: from Latin American Spanish
quiniela perfecta
'perfect quinella'
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