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noun

a betting system in horse racing and dog racing in which the bettor makes one bet on the winners of two races, usually the first and second, and collects only if both choices win.

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Origin of daily double

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby daily double

daikon, Dáil Éireann, dailies, daily, daily-breader, daily double, daily dozen, daimen, Daimler, Daimoku, daimon

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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
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In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.
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The card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.
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British Dictionary definitions for daily double

daily double

noun

horse racing a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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