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martingale

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10 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aaegilmnrtStarts with MEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat

Word origin

From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Possibly merged with Spanish almártaga.

Used in a sentence

  • I’ll be bound, Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts.
  • If a gambler plays a fair game repeatedly, his payoff over time is a martingale.
  • The Russians were both martingaling it—doubling their bets when they lost.

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