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OP This is a noun & has something to do with placing a bet in Great Britain. I read it in a novel by
the late author Sarah Caudwell, "The Sybil in Her Grave" (Delacorte Press, 2000), p. 104: At a race track, the protag. was filling out a betting slip & was "...standing beside the quichet..." Even my English cousin's research over there met with no success: she couldn't find anyone who had even heard of the word, let alone knew its definition, not in a betting shop nor in the "Complete Oxford...". :-) So, if any of you, my fellow Wordsmiths, can suggest another reference I could check or know definitively what the denotation of "quichet" is, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Definition of "quichet" Wispy 12/30/00 04:17 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" tsuwm 12/30/00 06:35 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" Capital Kiwi 12/30/00 06:38 PM Obstructed Greetings Father Steve 12/30/00 07:08 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" Jackie 12/30/00 11:41 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" NicholasW 01/02/01 11:03 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" belMarduk 12/31/00 12:46 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" tsuwm 12/31/00 02:31 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" Solamente, Doug. 12/31/00 04:56 PM "quichet" TEd Remington 01/01/01 11:38 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" Wispy 01/06/01 06:30 PM
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