What is "parlaying"

Usage examples of "parlaying".

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.