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Multi-word Results
booby prize |
an amusing prize given to ridicule one who performs worst in a contest or competition. |
consolation prize |
a prize given to a loser or runner-up in a competition, as a means of consoling. |
door prize |
a prize awarded to someone attending a public or social event, based on a lottery drawn from admission tickets or the like. |
Nobel prize |
any of the international prizes awarded annually for achievements in physics, chemistry, economics, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace, by a Swedish foundation established according to the bequest of Alfred Nobel. |
Prize Cases |
a U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1863 that held that, despite the absence of a declaration of war, President Lincoln acted within his powers to order the seizure of ships blockaded from Southern ports. |
prize court |
a court that decides how to distribute goods captured in war, esp. goods taken at sea. |
prize ring |
a raised platform, enclosed by ropes, in which prizefights take place; boxing ring. [2 definitions] |
Pulitzer Prize |
any of several annual prizes established by journalist Joseph Pulitzer and awarded for outstanding achievement to U.S. journalists, authors, playwrights, and composers. |
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