| 单词 | lemon-game |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslemon-game lemon-game n. U.S. slang a type of confidence trick (see quots.); also elliptical lemon. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > confidence trick in pool lemon-game1908 1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 15 Lemon game, defrauding a sucker at a pool game. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 55 Lemon,..a confidence game in which skill at pool is the bait, though its successful negotiation is based upon the dishonesty or avarice of the victim. 1937 E. H. Sutherland Professional Thief iii. 68 The lemon is an agreement between the inside man, an expert pool player, and a prospect, by which the prospect will win bets on the pool games played by the expert. Through a supposed fluke the expert wins the game which the prospect had bet he would lose, and the prospect thereby loses his money. < as lemmas |
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