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An "underdog" is a person or group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose.〔 "Everyone loves a scrappy underdog", as the article observes〕 The party, team, or individual expected to win is called the favorite or top dog. In the case where an underdog wins, the outcome is an upset. An "underdog bet" is a bet on the underdog or outsider for which the odds are generally higher. The first recorded uses of the term occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century;〔http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underdog. Webster online says first use 1859.〕〔The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, Third Edition, 1983. First use 1887.〕 its first meaning was "the beaten dog in a fight".〔The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, Third Edition, 1983〕 == See also == * Cinderella (sports) * Contender (stock character) * Rags to riches 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Underdog (term)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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