quinfecta

quinfecta
 n.— «If guessing three winners in three races at the horse track is called a trifecta, what do you call Hillary Clinton’s scheduled near-sweep of the Sunday news shows? We count five separate appearances. Would that be a quinfecta, then?» —“Sunday morning: Can’t-miss Hillary TV” by Scott Martelle Top of the Ticket Sept. 22, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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