| 单词 | drop-game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrop-game drop-game n. (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > confidence trick > types of drop-game1785 ring-dropping1788 drop1819 pigeon dropping1850 sawdust game1872 pay-off1915 short con1932 hot seat1933 pigeon drop1937 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Drop-game. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 331/1 Drop-game, a variety of the confidence trick:—The thief..pretends to pick up (say) a pocket-book (snide), which he induces the greenhorn to buy for cash. drop-game b. slang. Cf. drop-cove, drop-game in 23. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > confidence trick > types of drop-game1785 ring-dropping1788 drop1819 pigeon dropping1850 sawdust game1872 pay-off1915 short con1932 hot seat1933 pigeon drop1937 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) The game of ring-dropping is called the drop. 1823 Grose < as lemmas |
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