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  2. Parley - Wikipedia

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    Below are some examples where a parley is a significant element of the plot. The Last of the Mohicans features a scene depicting a parley at the end the siege of Fort William Henry. In the Pirates of the Caribbean series, parley is a plot device introduced in the first film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

  3. Truce term - Wikipedia

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    A truce term is a word or short phrase accepted within a community of children as an effective way of calling for a temporary respite or truce during a game or activity, such as tag or its variants. Common examples in English speaking cultures are barley , fainites , crosses , kings and exe(s) in the United Kingdom, pegs and nibs in New Zealand ...

  4. Parimutuel betting - Wikipedia

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    For example, a wheel bet of "3-all" in a given race picks the #3 horse to win, and any other horse in the field to finish second (each permutation being a single bet - thus, in this example, if there are 5 horses in the field, a "3-all wheel" would 4 bets). Quinella or Quiniela: [a] the bettor must pick the two horses that finish first and ...

  5. Parlay - Wikipedia

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    The following is an example of a traditional Las Vegas Parlay Card, which shows the typical payouts for an up to 10 team parlay bet based on −110 prices (amount won is assuming $100 is bet) and if every match is 50/50: [citation needed]

  6. Military drums - Wikipedia

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    A military tattoo was originally a drum signal for soldiers' curfew.Other uses for military drums have been recruiting and calling for parley. [7]Ancient Fife and Drum Corps, as well as modern drum corps have been used by early modern armies for signaling and ceremonies, occasionally played by drummer boys in conflicts such as the American Civil War.

  7. Top MLB free agents: Tracker for 120 best players as 2024 ...

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    Word is J.T. is not yet ready to hang ‘em up, and the veteran can still bring value: A .354 OBP and 114 adjusted OPS for Toronto and Seattle. His 11 homers were his fewest since 2014. 75.

  8. Pirate code - Wikipedia

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    A painting depicting a marooned pirate, according to Howard Pyle.. The first set of the "Pirate's Code" was supposedly written by the Portuguese buccaneer Bartolomeu Português sometime in the early 1660s, [1] but the first recorded set belonged to George Cusack who was active from 1668 to 1675. [2]

  9. Parley (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Parley G. Hellewell (born 1950), U.S. politician Parley Hunt, namesake of the Parley Hunt House , Bunkerville, Nevada, USA Parley P. Pratt (1807–1857), a Mormon leader