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winner(dictionary)
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Winner Leave it - Poker(gambling)
Winner Kill - Poker(gambling)
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Gadhelic (iou) and winner (iou)


Gadhelic (iou)



Gadhelic adjective & noun. Also (earlier) Gathelic. E16.
[(medieval Latin gathelicus, from gathelus from) Irish Gaedheal, pl. Gaedhil (Old Irish Goidel GOIDEL): see -IC.]
(The language) of the Scottish, Irish, and Manx Celts.
? The later form Gadhelic is a literary formation Dating from L18.

winner (iou)



winner noun. LME.
[from WIN verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who gains something, esp. by effort or merit; spec. a person who gets (a living) by labour, an earner (obsolete or dial. exc. in breadwinner). LME.
G. A. Birmingham A woman, a careless winner of the hearts of men.
A person who is victorious in a contest; a person, horse, etc., who wins a game, race, competition, etc.; in Games of skill, a winning shot, piece, card, move, etc.; colloq. a person who or thing which scores or is likely to score a Success; a potentially successful person, project, etc. LME.
Grimsby Evening Telegraph The winner of the game..will represent Humberside. New Yorker I always knew she was a winner, and that she'd be a Success. Sports Illustrated Sabatini jabbed volleys, slugged winners from the baseline.
Comb.: winner-take-all, winner-takes-all adjectives designating a contest or conflict in which victory is outright or the successful competitor alone is rewarded.