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parlays

parlays is the plural of parlay.

parlays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parlay.

Meaning of parlay

Noun

parlay (plural parlays)

  1. A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator.
    • GARNETT. (Sharply.) Would someone mind telling a visitor the details of this Operation Snitch? / DENNIS. Kind of a three-horse-parlay, Cliff: Posenleben, Schweinhafen … (Eyes Prescott and Jenks.) And one other.1947, William Wister Haines, Command Decision: Play in Three Acts, acting edition, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, published 1974, →OCLC, act I, page 17

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Questions about parlays

What is parlays the plural of?
Parlays is the plural of parlay.

Words near parlays in the dictionary

  1. parlatory
  2. Parlatos
  3. parlay
  4. parlayed
  5. parlaying
  6. parlays
  7. parle
  8. parled
  9. parlementary
  10. Parler
  11. parles

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