| 单词 | sawdust game |
| 释义 | > as lemmassawdust game sawdust game n. U.S. slang a type of confidence trick. 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 1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service 404 A new device for skilful robbery of the uninitiated has been introduced..known as the ‘Sawdust’ or ‘Circular’ Game. 1939 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 530/2 We hear all about..the ‘sawdust game’, (selling bad notes). < as lemmas |
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