quiniela

[ keen-yel-uh; Spanish kee-nye-lah ]

noun

1. quinella.

Example Sentences

As a child he either forgot or didn’t bother to submit a quiniela coupon for Spain’s equivalent of the football pools, only for all 14 of his father’s predictions to come in.

From The Guardian

The last quiniela over, plainly weary she gathered a cloak about her shoulders and left the box, without, as I had hoped, some last gesture or even a word: and I pictured her sitting listlessly, distraught, in the caf� to which they were proceeding.

From Project Gutenberg

A quiniela followed, with six contestants, one against the other in successive pairs; but my eyes were now definitely exhausted by the necessarily shifting gaze, and my interest fastened on the woman beside me.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the more affluent, like Businessman Jos� Martinez, can afford to lose repeatedly when they "wheel a Quiniela" for $6�track talk for placing a bet on three combinations of three competitors picked to win, place and show.

From Time Magazine Archive