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Definition of Sweepstake
1. n. A winning of all the stakes or prizes.
Definition of Sweepstake
1. Noun. A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A prize draw. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweepstake
Literary usage of Sweepstake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Faröe Islands by Joseph Russell Jeaffreson (1898)
"... rough night—My Arctic fox and the sensation he created—A—"motherly" petrel—Icelandic
emigrants disillusioned—Winner of a sweepstake—Arrival at Leith. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"... I simply record it because it so nearly approaches in appearance our modern '
sweepstake. .... sweepstake ..."
3. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1902)
"(a) Setting — Gaming — sweepstake — Lottery — Contingency of horserace—Id fy 17
Viet. c. 119, s. 1. To subscribe to a sweepstake is not to bet ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1899)
"Grand sweepstake premium of the show, if won by registered Shropshire sheep, $50.
2. Best registered Shropshire wether, one year old. and under two, ..."
5. The Faröe Islands by Joseph Russell Jeaffreson (1898)
"... rough night—My Arctic fox and the sensation he created—A—"motherly" petrel—Icelandic
emigrants disillusioned—Winner of a sweepstake—Arrival at Leith. ..."
6. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"... I simply record it because it so nearly approaches in appearance our modern '
sweepstake. .... sweepstake ..."
7. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1902)
"(a) Setting — Gaming — sweepstake — Lottery — Contingency of horserace—Id fy 17
Viet. c. 119, s. 1. To subscribe to a sweepstake is not to bet ..."
8. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1899)
"Grand sweepstake premium of the show, if won by registered Shropshire sheep, $50.
2. Best registered Shropshire wether, one year old. and under two, ..."
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