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- sporting chance, a
sporting chance, a
sporting chance, a
A fair chance for success, as in She thinks she has a sporting chance for being named bureau chief. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Bet | | BET (Limburgish) | Frisian, Limburgish |
| Gavrail | | - | Bulgarian |
| Tural | | - | Azerbaijani |
| Guus | | KHUYS | Dutch |
| Josefa | | ho-SE-fah (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese, Czech |
| Sixtus | | - | Late Roman |