four-peat

four-peat
 n.— «Punahou finally made “four-peat” an official word in the baseball state tournament vocabulary tonight, cooling off Pearl City’s hot bats to win, 7-1, and become the first team to capture four straight Wally Yonamine Foundation/Hawai’i High School Athletic Association Championships.» —“Punahou wins fourth straight state baseball title” by Wes Nakama Honolulu Advertiser (Hawaii) May 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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