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quinella
(quin|ella)
Pronunciation:
/kwɪˈnɛlə/
noun
a bet in which the first two places in a race must be predicted, but not necessarily in the correct order.
Compare with
perfecta
.
Origin:
1940s
(originally US): from Latin American Spanish
quiniela
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