quaddie
English edit
Etymology edit
From quadrella + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun edit
quaddie (plural quaddies)
- (Australia, gambling, horse racing, colloquial) A quadrella, a type of bet requiring the bettor to pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track; a bet requiring the selection of four winners of specified matches in a given round of a sporting competition.
- 2003 March 22, Craig Sherborne, Footy′s Man of Passion, The Herald Sun, republished in 2003, Garrie Hutchinson (editor), The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, page 82,
- He was a footballer, hard-boned, smart-mouthed, with an eye on the quaddie at Flemington.
- 2004 November 21, Josh Button, “Cup tips”, in aus.sport.rugby-league (Usenet):
- I had the quaddie in Melbourne if Alinghi won.
- 2006, Mike Dillon, From The Horses Mouth: The Keith Haub Story, 2010, HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), unnumbered page,
- With only the last race to run the trio each had a $1 quaddie unit if Brent Thomson managed to get over the line in front.
- 2007 July 16, gF, “Screw Fremantle”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet):
- For the Fourth week in a row I have had 3 live legs of the Quaddie only to be dudded by West Coast the last two!
- 2003 March 22, Craig Sherborne, Footy′s Man of Passion, The Herald Sun, republished in 2003, Garrie Hutchinson (editor), The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, page 82,