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quinfecta
 n.— «Jockey posts “quinfecta” Series…Laffit Pincay Jr. rode a record five stakes winners Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.» —“Jockey posts ‘quinfecta’ Series” St. Petersburg Times Oct. 29, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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