LITTLEWOODS POOLS

Meaning of LITTLEWOODS POOLS in English

a form of gambling on the results of football games run by Littlewoods Gaming. Littlewoods Pools first started in 1923 and there have been many ‘pools millionaires’.

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POOLS — plural of pool present third singular of pool
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POOLS — n. (United Kingdom) systematized form of gambling carried out by mail involving the prediction of the outcome of soccer games
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LITTLEWOODS — I. Lit ‧ tle ‧ woods 1 /ˈlɪtlwʊdz/ BrE AmE trademark a former company that operated football POOLS in the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POOLS — football pools [plural] [noun] UK - a type of gamblingin which people risk a small amount of money and try …
Cambridge English vocab
POOLS — n [ pl ] (also the football pools ) a British gambling competition in which people try to predict the …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
LITTLEWOODS — a company that owns department stores with many branches around Britain and a mail order business, selling clothes and household …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
POOLS — see pool I 4
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
POOLS — футбольный почтовый тотализатор (проводится еженедельно рядом специальных фирм; участникам предлагается угадать результаты нескольких матчей; размер выигрыша зависит от количества правильных …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
LITTLEWOODS — Литтлвудз (крупная торгово-посылочная фирма (mail order firm); владеет тж. рядом универмагов и универсамов [см. (supermarket) в разных городах Великобритании. Основана …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
POOLS — loops
Anagrams English vocabulary
POOLS — Объединения pools: doing the ~ образование пула doing the ~ создание общего фонда doing the ~ создание объединения football ~ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — Ставки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — Пулы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — Пруды
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — футбольный почтовый тотализатор (проводится еженедельно рядом специальных фирм; участникам предлагается угадать результаты нескольких матчей; размер выигрыша зависит от количества правильных …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
LITTLEWOODS — "Литтлвудз" (крупная торгово-посылочная фирма [mail order firm]; владеет тж. рядом универмагов и универсамов [см. supermarket] в разных городах Великобритании. Основана …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
POOLS — Объединения pools: doing the ~ образование пула doing the ~ создание общего фонда doing the ~ создание объединения football ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOTBALL POOLS — (also the pools ) noun [ pl. ] a form of gambling in Britain in which people try to win …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOTBALL POOLS — If you do the football pools , you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pool of blood ▪ A dark pool of blood was spreading from his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOTBALL POOLS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the great dream was winning the football pools . ▪ Winnings from betting, football …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOL — I. ˈpül noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pōl; akin to Middle Low German pōl pool, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TADPOLE SHRIMP — (order Notostraca), any member of a small group of crustaceans (class Branchiopoda), composed of the genera Triops and Lepidurus. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
POOL — method of gambling in which all money bet on the result of a particular event by a number of people …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: SPORTS-AND-GAMES: ICE HOCKEY — ICE HOCKEY: International. A record-equaling 39 nations, divided into four pools, contested the 60th world ice hockey championships at Vienna …
Britannica English vocabulary
POOL — / puːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOR SWIMMING 1. [ C ] = swimming pool : Does …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOL — I. pool 1 S2 W2 /puːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: pol ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POOL — ( pools, pooling, pooled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A pool …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VISCOUS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN liquid ▪ She moved as if she were in a dream, wading through viscous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWIMMING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a driving/swimming etc lesson ▪ Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STOPPER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After lots of very interesting figures at the first big stopper of the Olympic Eiskanal, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHALLOW — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shallow breath (= in which you breathe a small amount of air in ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RANDOM — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a random check (= done without any definite pattern ) ▪ Customs officials were carrying …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAYOUT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN cash ▪ The policies they sell offer cash payouts in the event of injuries, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUGE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/great/huge risk ▪ There is a great risk that the wound will become infected. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOUSEHOLD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a domestic/household pet ▪ Cats and other domestic pets give their owners a lot …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRUBBING — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Gramm's drubbing by Davis in the California primary has badly hurt his campaign. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISTANT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRECTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a move in the right direction ▪ The decision seemed to be a move in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GNMA-II — Mortgage-backed securities (M.B.S. ) on which registered holders receive an aggregate principal and interest payment from a central paying agent …
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
POOL — Pools, like the tanks of India, are in many parts of Palestine and Syria the only resource for water during …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
JERUSALEM — (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46' 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18' 30" east …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

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