wager

• From one of the latter Loman had the extraordinary "good luck" that afternoon to win three pounds over a wager, a sum which he at once handed over to Cripps in the most virtuous way, in further liquidation of his debt Indeed, as he left the place, and wandered slowly back to Saint Dominic's, he felt quite encouraged There's eight pounds of it paid right off," said he to himself; "and before Christmas something is sure to turn up. —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
• As a young man at college, he walked fifty-six miles in one day for a wager, and, when in Ireland, swam twice round the Devil's Punch-bowl, at Killarney. —  Chatterbox, 1906
• The only requirement was that he should go to the house before midnight, and remain there until sunrise The weeks passed, and the wager was apparently forgotten; at least, Simon hoped that it was, for he had repented his rashness. —  The Girl Scouts' Good Turn
• One of his very common exploits with his rifle was hitting for a wager, at thirty yards distance, a small tin pot, used by the boatmen, which was put on the head of another man. —  Diary in America, Series Two
• One day the wager was made as usual, and a man with whom Mike had at one time been at variance (although the feud was now supposed to have been forgotten) was the party who consented that the pot should be placed on his head. —  Diary in America, Series Two

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