Definition of "quinella" []

• A system of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first two finishers of a race, but not necessarily in the correct sequence. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The quinella is a wager where you bet on two dogs to come in first or second in either order."
• "Nor would anyone but an alien be surprised to hear America's favorite talk show host might one day embark on the marital quinella."
• "Elisabeth, I've just read a passage in "Truth" where the protagonist receives to major pieces of information from a colleague, the sort of thing one might call a one-two punch, Except Temple has Villani call it a quinella."