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Action at Aqueduct
Answer for the clue "Action at Aqueduct ", 6 letters:
parlay
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1701, parloi , term in the card game faro, from French paroli , from Italian parole (Neapolitan paroli ) "words, promises," plural of parolo (see parole ). Meaning "exploit to advantage" is from 1942.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Such a bet or series of bets. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet onto a subsequent wager. 2 (context by extension English) To increase. 3 To speak about peace. To have peace talks. See also: powwow. ...
Usage examples of parlay.
Spyder Nielsen had parlayed his ski jumping into a reputation exceeded only by his fortune, and Trudi Can-delaria, by escaping the conviction for his murder, had fallen heir to it all.
More to the point, because Wal-Mart is so big and so obsessively focused on parlaying low prices into market share, it has forced both its competitors and its vendors to dance to its single-minded tune, dragging down wages with prices.
A month earlier he had parlayed the preliminary hearing in the Raynard Waits case into daily headlines and top-of-the-broadcast reports.
When it came, Evelyn parlayed it into a seat on the board of Global Communications, Ltd.
The call-girl who had sold her story to the press about their sexual escapades had been paid to recant her version of events, and the whole thing had been parlayed into a photo opportunity featuring Trevor Colson, stalwart Conservative MP, hugging the loyal wife who stood by him.
But then English bad not been his major-it was physicsand later be parlayed that degree into a doctorate in chemistry.
Dave DePugh and Janie, Sol Slotnick, the kidnap--some four-orfive-or-six-horse parlay buzz-bombed my brain.
Within three years he had parlayed his discovery into a Fortune 500 company and added the feather of corporate raider to his cap.
Nor was there any polite parlaying, though Drehkos had attempted such, sending a man be considered expendable, the abbot, Djohsehfos, whose monastery he had sacked.
He had told Colonel Phoenix that he still dreamed of parlaying a Creek Bend High School MVP football trophy into an NFL halfback career, after he had paid his dues to Uncle Sam.
Nor was there any polite parlaying, though Drehkos had attempted such, sending a man he considered expendable, the abbot, Djohsehfos, whose monastery he had sacked.
A service brat, Gina had attended schools in Texas, Virginia, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and Texas before parlaying a tennis scholarship into a business degree at Arizona State.
Old Parlays selling out, and the buzzards are gathering—old Parlay who was a stronger man in his day than any of them and who will see most of them dead yet.
The wreck of Parlays house was picked up, hurled into the lagoon, and blown out upon them.
It was almost like the card games in Hawaii and the football parlays in Las Vegas.