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| | + | ===Etymology=== |
| | + | From {{suffix|quadrella|ie|gloss2=diminutive suffix}}. |
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| | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
| | {{en-noun}} | | {{en-noun}} |
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| − | # {{Australia|gambling|horse racing}} a [[bet]] where the bettor must pick the winners of [[four]] nominated races at the same track. | + | # {{Australia|gambling|horse racing|colloquial}} 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. |
| | + | #* '''2003''' March 22, Craig Sherborne, ''Footy′s Man of Passion'', ''[[w:Herald Sun|The Herald Sun]]'', republished in 2003, Garrie Hutchinson (editor), ''The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IiA9gP_SRBkC&pg=PT96&dq=%22quaddie%22|%22quaddies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dQb0T4nzOeGJmQWPhZGeBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 82], |
| | + | #*: He was a footballer, hard-boned, smart-mouthed, with an eye on the '''quaddie''' at Flemington. |
| | + | #* {{quote-newsgroup |
| | + | |title=Cup tips |
| | + | |group=aus.sport.rugby-league |
| | + | |author=Josh Button |
| | + | |date=November 21 |
| | + | |year=2004 |
| | + | |passage=I had the '''quaddie''' in Melbourne if Alinghi won. |
| | + | |url=http://groups.google.com/group/aus.sport.rugby-league/browse_thread/thread/d2cc6536c1e09ff8/9e2917cd5d59e6b9?q=%22quaddie%22|%22quaddies%22+group:aus.*#9e2917cd5d59e6b9}} |
| | + | #* '''2006''', Mike Dillon, ''From The Horses Mouth: The Keith Haub Story'', 2010, HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=z4GSkCJu93sC&pg=PT101&dq=%22quaddie%22|%22quaddies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dQb0T4nzOeGJmQWPhZGeBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quaddie%22|%22quaddies%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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. |
| | + | #* {{quote-newsgroup |
| | + | |title=Screw Fremantle |
| | + | |group=aus.sport.aussie-rules |
| | + | |author=gF |
| | + | |date=July 16 |
| | + | |year=2007 |
| | + | |passage=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! |
| | + | |url=http://groups.google.com/group/aus.sport.aussie-rules/browse_thread/thread/c6804b85f3217eb6/e622c485c3c0b0f8?q=%22quaddie%22|%22quaddies%22+group:aus.*#e622c485c3c0b0f8}} |
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| | ====Synonyms==== | | ====Synonyms==== |
| − | *[[quadrella]] | + | * [[quadrella]] |
