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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sweepstake  \Sweep"stake`\,  n. 
  1.  A  winning  of  all  the  stakes  or  prizes.  --Heylin. 
 
  2.  A  complete  removal  or  carrying  away  a  clean  sweep.  [Obs.] 
  --Bp.  Hacket. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sweepstake 
  n  :  a  lottery  in  which  the  prize  consists  of  the  money  paid  by 
  the  participants  [syn:  {sweepstakes}] 




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