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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



... coming in of the Prince, the Duke did fly; but all this day they have been fighting; therefore they did face again to be sure. Captain Bacon of the Bristoll is killed. They cry up Jenings of the Ruby, and Saunders of the Sweepstakes. They condemn mightily Sir Thomas Teddiman for a coward, but with what reason ...
— The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys


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