Nearly everyone, it seems, makes a lawful bet (3,3,1,3)
I believe the answer is:
all but a few
'nearly everyone it' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'makes a lawful bet' is the wordplay.
'makes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'lawful'+'bet'='alawfulbet'
'alawfulbet' anagrammed gives 'ALL BUT A FEW'.
'seems' acts as a link.
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