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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: And they're off!!!! #46916 11/06/2001 10:24 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Sweepstake means just that. The winner sweeps (takes) the entire stake. I think the word is probably of Irish provenance, but I don't know why I think that. Probably wrong! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted And they're off!!!! stales 11/06/2001 1:53 AM Re: And they're off!!!! consuelo 11/06/2001 2:00 AM Office pools Bean 11/06/2001 2:42 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 11/06/2001 2:24 AM Re: And they're off!!!! stales 11/06/2001 4:06 AM Re: And they're off!!!! Bingley 11/06/2001 5:08 AM Re: And they're off!!!! wow 11/06/2001 1:01 PM Re: And they're off!!!! Capital Kiwi 11/06/2001 2:05 PM Re: And they're off!!!! tsuwm 11/06/2001 6:23 PM Max Quordlepleen 11/06/2001 6:30 PM Re: And they're off!!!! tsuwm 11/06/2001 9:08 PM Re: And they're off!!!! of troy 11/06/2001 9:13 PM Re: And they're off!!!! Capital Kiwi 11/06/2001 10:24 PM Re: And they're off!!!! stales 11/07/2001 12:25 AM Max Quordlepleen 11/09/2001 3:16 AM Re: And they're off!!!! Capital Kiwi 11/09/2001 8:29 AM Max Quordlepleen 11/09/2001 8:54 AM Re: And they're off!!!! Bingley 11/07/2001 6:30 AM Re: And they're off!!!! stales 11/08/2001 12:00 AM Re: And they're off!!!! consuelo 11/08/2001 12:22 AM Sweepstakes Sparteye 11/09/2001 2:12 AM HMS Sweepstakes tsuwm 11/09/2001 3:06 AM Re: HMS Sweepstakes doc_comfort 11/09/2001 6:49 AM Re: HMS Sweepstakes TEd Remington 11/09/2001 2:07 PM Re: HMS Sweepstakes tsuwm 11/09/2001 3:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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