(UK, AU, NZ, gambling) For either a win or a place in a competition.
According to the Crown's case, in pursuance of this scheme, a slip was handed in by Humphreys on Saturday, Feb. 6, 1965, for a five shilling each way Yankee bet coupled with a twenty shilling each way bet on one of the horses.
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(UK, AU, NZ, gambling) For either a win or a place in a competition.
At first the shilling each way I put on horses was not my own but the concession allowed me by the street bookmaker for the other bankers' bets I brought him.
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