See pencil fever on Wiktionary
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"The situation where punters discover that a horse is almost certain to lose, and so become eager to lay bets against it."
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"(horse racing, slang, obsolete) The situation where punters discover that a horse is almost certain to lose, and so become eager to lay bets against it."
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