buy the rack en · VERB
Etymology
In reference to the racks on which gambling tickets were once offered for sale.
Meanings
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To place bets on all possible combinations for the daily double.
If there are ten horses in each race, there are 100 possible selections, and the total cost of “buying the rack” would be $200.
1949, Ernest Evred Blanche, You Can't Win: Facts and Fallacies about Gambling, page 66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bought the rack | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bought the rack | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| buying the rack | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| buys the rack | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |