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hundred-to-one shot

NOUN

dark horse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

also-ran long shot sleeper underdog

WEAK

improbability little chance little opportunity outside chance outside shot poor bet poor lookout poor possibility poor prognosis poor prospect slim chance small chance stalking horse unexpected winner unknown unknown quantity unlikelihood unlikely winner upsetter

NOUN

long shot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fluke

WEAK

chance hit little chance long odds lucky shot no chance off-chance one in a million outside chance poor bed slim chance small chance

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He was never a hundred-to-one shot in that race now that the Mule had regained her head and was running away down mid-channel regardless of obstacles.

From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

It’s a hundred-to-one shot that father will never see his rug again.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

He plays a hundred-to-one shot like he was puttin' money on a favorite.

From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell

I'm going to go you, though I think you're plunging on a hundred-to-one shot.

From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Before her very eyes the stone which the builders had rejected had become the main thing, the hundred-to-one shot had walked away with the race.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

hundred-to-one shot

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