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Search phrase: winning

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CymbelineCym I.v.90would hazard the winning both of first and last.would hazzard the winning both of first and last.
CymbelineCym II.iii.7Winning will put any man into courage. If I couldWinning will put any man into courage: if I could
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.140That more persuades than winning oratory?That more perswads then winning Oratorie.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.12And learn me how to lose a winning match,And learne me how to loose a winning match,
The TempestTem I.ii.452I must uneasy make, lest too light winningI must vneasie make, least too light winning
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.138.2Is this winning?Is this wynning?

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eleven and twenty longjust right, perfect [a winning hand in the card game of Thirty-one]
hazard[royal tennis] opening in a court where a ball is unplayable [and thus a winning point is scored]
inheritanceacquiring, obtaining, winning
lot[in a lottery] drawing of a winning ticket rather than a blank ticket
pair-taunt-likelike a winning hand in the card game ‘post and pair’

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drawing a winning ticket rather than a blank ticket [in a lottery]lot
ticket, winning or blank [in a lottery]lot
winninginheritance

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