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Triple Crown definition

Triple Crown

  1. Baseball the distinction of leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in, for a single season
  2. Horse Racing the distinction of winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in the same year

Etymology: < crown ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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