Triple Crown
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- noun
- /ˈtrɪpəl kraʊn/
- US
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Triple corona
- American Pharoah won the coveted Triple Crown in 2015, becoming a legend in horse racing.
- Triple Crown win
- Triple Crown winner
- Triple Crown races
People pay stud fees for the Triple Crown winner, not his brother.
- People pay stud fees for the Triple Crown winner, not his brother.
Examples
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Before Cabrera did it this season, Boston's Carl Yastrzemski was the last Triple Crown winner.
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No son of Bold Ruler has ever won a single Triple Crown race.
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Every single one of them has failed to win the Triple Crown.
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Who was the last player to win the Triple Crown?
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I am crossing my fingers that he can pull off a Triple Crown victory.
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And now we're getting ready to run the longest of the Triple Crown races.
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Of course we have other stats, but I still think the Triple Crown is cool.
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In the end, it was the Triple Crown that swung it.
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You're guaranteeing that this horse is going to win the Triple Crown.
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Then he destroyed all comers in the Belmont to snatch the Triple Crown.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The elements 'triple' (threefold) and 'crown' (an award or title) let a learner infer that this is an honour for achieving three successes, so the general idea is partly derivable from the constituents. However, the specific cultural meaning — that it refers to winning those three named US horse races in the same year — is specialized and not predictable from the words alone, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Triple Crown comes from horse racing: triple means three and crown stands for the top prize. If one horse wins the three big races in the same year, it wins the Triple Crown, so the phrase means the 'title' for winning all three races.