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/trˈɪpəl kraʊn/ Listen

Triple crown

noun

(horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness.

(baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs.

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"Triple crown" Quotes from Famous Books

... you, Biancomonte. There are such grave matters at issue, there are such secrets confided to that paper, that I would not for a kingdom, not for our Holy Father's triple crown, that they ...

— The Shame of Motley • Raphael Sabatini

... much turmoil in Europe, provoked a war with Philip the Fair of France, who arrested him at Anagni, and though liberated by the citizens died on his way to Rome; B. IX., pope from 1389 to 1405, the first pope to wear the Triple Crown. ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... scarce known beyond his cell, Front Rome's far-reaching bolts, and scorn her frown? Brave Luther answered YES; that thunder's swell Rocked Europe, and discharmed the triple crown. 20 ...

— The Vision of Sir Launfal - And Other Poems • James Russell Lowell

Words linked to "Triple crown" : baseball game, horse racing, baseball, title, championship