Meaning of quaddie | Babel Free
Definitions
A quadrella, a type of bet requiring the bettor to pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track; a bet requiring the selection of four winners of specified matches in a given round of a sporting competition.
Examples
“2003 March⟳ 22, Craig Sherborne, Footy′s Man of Passion, The Herald Sun, republished in 2003, Garrie Hutchinson (editor), The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, page 82, He was a footballer, hard-boned, smart-mouthed, with an eye on the quaddie at Flemington.”
“I had the quaddie in Melbourne if Alinghi won.”
“2006, Mike Dillon, From The Horses Mouth: The Keith Haub Story, 2010, HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), unnumbered page, With only the last⟳ race⟳ to run⟳ the trio each had a $1 quaddie unit if Brent Thomson managed to get⟳ over the line in front.”
“For the Fourth week in a row I have⟳ had 3 live⟳ legs of the Quaddie only to be dudded by West Coast the last⟳ two!”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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