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Sweepstakes   Listen
noun
Sweepstakes  n.  
1.
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
2.
sing. or pl. The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.
3.
A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.





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"Sweepstakes" Quotes from Famous Books



... race, for gentlemen riders. Once round and a distance. Sweepstakes, 10 shillings. Don Juan, a fine, long-maned, fast-looking dromedary, started first favorite, Commodore Goodridge, K. N., our popular naval transport officer, being as good a judge of the ship of the ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens


Words linked to "Sweepstakes" :   lottery, plural form, drawing, plural


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