quadrella

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.
 * 2) * 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, |%22quadrellas%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r6P1T73AD6mOiAewqJXWBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 79,
 * Demetriou is an inveterate punter with a miraculous instinct for picking big quadrellas.
 * 1) * 2009, H. G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver), Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, |%22quadrellas%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r6P1T73AD6mOiAewqJXWBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quadrella%22|%22quadrellas%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,
 * Imagine jagging a couple of nice trifectas or the quadrella and squaring the Christmas credit-card bill, with a little extra left for a three-week holiday at Victor Harbor. Magic!
 * 1) * 2010, Stephen Barkoczy. Australian Tax Casebook, 10th Edition, CCH Australia, |%22quadrellas%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r6P1T73AD6mOiAewqJXWBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 416,
 * Instead, the taxpayer relied on his own intuition, placed bets mainly on the totalisator or with on-course bookmakers and was more inclined to place “higher risk” bets such as trifectas and quadrellas.