| 单词 | irish sweepstake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish Sweepstake Irish Sweepstake n. a sweepstake on the results of British horse races, such as the Derby, the Grand National, and the Cambridgeshire, set up by the Irish government in 1930, originally to raise funds for Irish hospitals and medical services, with tickets being chiefly sold amongst the Irish populations of the United Kingdom and United States.The sweepstake was discontinued in 1986. ΚΠ 1930 Irish Independent 16 Oct. 9/2 (headline) Big Irish sweepstake—£36,000 for the hospitals. 1963 ‘G. Bagby’ Murder's Little Helper (1964) vi. 52 When you people come around, it's never been to tell one of my roomers that he's won the Irish Sweepstakes. 1974 A. Ross Bradford Business 48 A wad of Irish Sweepstake tickets. 2009 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. 7 While the sale of tickets for the Irish sweepstake was illegal in Britain, there was a black market. < as lemmas |
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