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Word: s2 (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stick to "scientific" betting, putting money on the longest odds. There are enough of these number-watchers to keep the boards jumping as much as from 70 to 1 to 9 to 5 on the same dog in five minutes. An Italian longshoreman plays for big stakes: he puts S2 on the #1 dog in the first race. If he wins, he puts S2 on the #2 dog in the next race. If he wins again, he returns to the #1 dog with S2 in the third race, and so on. But any time he loses, he doubles...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phaile, | Title: Hard Day's Night at Wonderland | 10/20/1967 | See Source »

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