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plunge
noun- a surreptitious wagering of a great amount on a high-odds horse; a large bet AUSTRALIA, 1895
If bookmakers become aware that a great deal of money is being bet on a horse, they shorten the odds. - [W]hen they became aware that their fellows odds-caller, Joe Thompson, was behind the plunge on Don Juan, the bookmakers speedily reduced the horse’s price until he touched favouritism at 3/1. — Maurice Cavanough and Meurig Davies, Cup Day, p. 33, 1960
- When I put this to him he spent the next thirty minutes telling us of one catastrophe after another–desperate investments, wild plunges–which had dissipated his fortune[.] — Robert English, Toxic Kisses, p. 49, 1979
- [H]e was at his best recently, discussing a plunge on a horse which could not lose at Caulfield. — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 40, 1982
- The way I understand it, there’s what’s called a big betting plunge due on it, and the owners and trainer don’t want to lose the big price they expect. — Ward McNally, Supper at Happy Harry’s, p. 112, 1982
- He could smell trouble before a bet was laid in the shape of a big plunge or a favourite about to blow out the backdoor. — Clive Galea, Slipper!, p. 25, 1988
- The leader of the ring Big Bobby Watson bore the brunt of the plunge. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 42, 1988
- a large cumulative amount of money wagered on a competitor AUSTRALIA
- Pre-race betting saw a sensational plunge on the New Zealand mystery horse, Wairiki. — Maurice Cavanough and Meurig Davies, Cup Day, p. 129, 1960
- — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 158, 1982
- a dose of a drug to be injected US
- “Four cents for the plunge, and it’s lemonade.” — Herbert Simmons, Corner Boy, p. 55, 1957
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