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A person or animal who competed in a race but did not win.
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(Ireland, derogatory) An Irish person who regularly watches English football matches on television and takes no interest in or disparages the domestic League of Ireland.
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(slang) A hard, often wild kick of a ball.
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(horse racing, of a horse) To win a race as a long shot.
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(baseball, slang) To make a mistake.
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(archaic) To play a carom shot.
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(US, sports, chiefly basketball, horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.
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(slang) One who bets on racehorses that are favourites to win.
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(US, horse racing) Of a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races.
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(slang) Synonym of chalk eater (“one who bets on racehorses that are favourites to win”)
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(horse racing) A bettor who regularly wagers on the favorite.
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(boxing) A coach, trainer or other assistant who attends to a boxer between rounds.
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One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.
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(horse racing or dog racing) A bet on the first-place winners of two consecutive races.
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(Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
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Any non-competitive sport that takes place in the outdoors or open countryside, such as hunting, fishing, or shooting.
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(UK) A violent and noisy football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams, often the member of a firm.
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The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
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(US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
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(horse-racing) To finish in first, second, third or fourth place, thus appearing on the winners' board.
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(horse racing) A bookmaker's bag.
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(gambling, of a race) Having contenders entered by different racecourses.
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(roller derby) A jammer (player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players) on the televised version of the game.
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A person who jogs (as exercise).
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Alternative letter-case form of Ludo [A children's board game in which tokens are moved round a board.]
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(Britain) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
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Someone or something who was listed to start in a race, but did not start in the race.
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(idiomatic, by extension) An election campaign or other competitive situation in which only one competitor is entered or in which only one competitor has a realistic chance of winning.
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(intransitive, racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
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(law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
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(now historical) An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.
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Alternative form of quintain [(now historical) An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.]
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(US) A combined racetrack and casino
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(sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
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A seat in the front row of a boxing or wrestling match.
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A person occupying a ringside seat
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(horse racing, slang) To finish the race unplaced.
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(gambling) A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.
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Alternative form of salugi [(informal, US, New York) A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off.]
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(colloquial) The South Australian Scorpions, a cricket team.
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A publication that lists the horses withdrawn from a day's horse races, along with the betting odds and statistics for the horses that are running.
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(UK, soccer, slang, derogatory, offensive) A supporter of Southampton F.C..
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(intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
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(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
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(slang) A gambler who plays slot machines.
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Alternative form of stakeswinner [(horse racing) A winner of a stakes race]
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To take part in a steeplechase event.
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One who searches for discarded winning tickets at a racetrack.
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A person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market.
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(UK, slang, horse-racing, intransitive) To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
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(Britain) A specific kind of horse race betting, made by choosing the first three horses home in the correct order.
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Alternative spelling of tug of war [A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.]
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(sports) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
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A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
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(horse racing) An enclosed area next to a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for photographs and awards.
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(horse racing) A bookmaker's guide to the likely performance of racehorses in the upcoming season.
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