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单词 subscription purse
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subscription purse
subscription purse n. now historical a sum of money collected by subscription and offered as a prize in a horse race or other contest.
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1725 Evening Post 17 June On Tuesday the 17th of August, will be run for on Widemarsh..a subscription Purse of Forty Guineas Value at the least, Thirty Six Guineas being already collected.
1811 Sporting Mag. 38 221 The subscription-purse of a hunting club.
1897 J. H. Wallace Horse in Amer. vii. 90 The principal prizes were called ‘Subscription Purses’, the distance almost invariably two miles, and the weight carried ten stone.
2000 M. Huggins Flat Racing & Brit. Society v. 118 Prizefighting..was associated with the races, often in an ad hoc manner through the raising of a subscription purse among grandstand spectators.
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