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Union Jack
noun- a multiple bet on 9 selections UK
Named after the Union Jack flag which a schemata of the wager resembles. - The Union Jack covers only eight of the 84 possible trebles in nine selections so there is plenty of scope for disappointment in this bet. — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 134, 2001
- the back UK
Rhyming slang. The short form “union” is also used. - I’m sorry I can’t lift that, I’ve got a dodgy Union. — Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992
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