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the race that stops a nation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
the race that stop-s a -na-tion
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The annual Melbourne Cup horse race.

Australian usage; Informal

Usage

Questions

What does the race that stops a nation mean?
The annual Melbourne Cup horse race.

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