Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first two finishers of a race, but not necessarily in the correct sequence.
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- noun gambling, horse racing A form of
bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing. - verb Australia, New Zealand To have two team members, horses, etc., finish first and second in the same event.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The quinella is a wager where you bet on two dogs to come in first or second in either order.
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Nor would anyone but an alien be surprised to hear America's favorite talk show host might one day embark on the marital quinella.
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However, by far the most common bet in dog racing is the quinella.
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The quinella protects against a top dog getting tripped up near the finish line and finishing second instead of first.
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Several guys on the Winter payroll would purchase large quantities of perfecta, exacta, trifecta, or quinella tickets on the fixed races.
The Mob and Me John Partington 2010
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Elisabeth, I've just read a passage in "Truth" where the protagonist receives to major pieces of information from a colleague, the sort of thing one might call a one-two punch, Except Temple has Villani call it a quinella.
Crime-fiction team-ups Peter Rozovsky 2010
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All of this goes into what's known as a parimutual pool and divided by how the bets have been made by betting stratagems of win, place, show, exacta, quinella, trifecta, etc., etc.
A little math help Steven Barnes 2009
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The difference being the intangible of perception, commitment and momentum, as well as the quasi-tangible of future cashflows that can be generated thru the quinella of domain traffic + adsense.
$50K for Kiko.com vs $2.86M for Wiki.com Ben Barren 2006
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The difference being the intangible of perception, commitment and momentum, as well as the quasi-tangible of future cashflows that can be generated thru the quinella of domain traffic + adsense.
Archive 2006-08-01 Ben Barren 2006
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What the hell is an exacta, a quinella, a double-super-exacta-quenella in a box, or whatever?
Across the Board 2005
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In order to win a quinella, you must choose who will finish first and who will finish second in a race, but the order does not matter.
Different Horse Racing Bets: Understanding All The Types Dave F. 2022
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