"acca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: accas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} acca (plural accas)
  1. (slang) An accumulator bet. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-acca-en-noun-tddYInqe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: accas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} acca (plural accas)
  1. (Australia, slang) An academic. Tags: Australia, slang
    Sense id: en-acca-en-noun-kWNQiktT Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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