| 单词 | to play crimp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play crimp 4. Deceitful practice; a dishonest line of business; a scam, esp. a horse-racing racket. to play crimp: to cheat; esp. to deliberately lose (a horse race, a card game, etc.) for profit. Obsolete.In quot. 1684 perhaps a pun on crimp n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of braida1000 fraudc1374 mock1523 brogue1537 flim-flamc1538 imposture1548 lie1560 cozening1576 smoke-hole1580 gullery1598 gull1600 cog1602 coggery1602 fraudulency1630 imposition1632 cheat1649 fourbery1650 prestige1656 sham1677 crimp1684 bite1711 humbug1750 swindle1778 hookum-snivey1781 shim-sham1797 gag1805 intake1808 racket1819 wooden nutmeg1822 sell1838 caper1851 skin game1879 Kaffir bargain1899 swizzle1913 swizz1915 put-on1919 ready-up1924 rort1926 jack-up1945 1684 T. D'Urfey New-market Song 1 Let Jades that are founder'd be bought, Let Jockeys play Crimp to make sport. 1690 T. D'Urfey New Poems 63 Iockeys..Cheat on, be Friends, do any thing but draw, Crimp is no Treason, by New-Market Law. 1693 J. Bancroft Henry II Prol. sig. A3v So may you thrive, your Wagers all be won; So may your Wise Stock-jobbing Crimp go on. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Run a Crimp, to run a Race or Horse-match..knavishly. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To play Crimp, to lay or bet on one side, and (by foul play) to let t'other win, having a share of it. 1710 Examiners 3 Aug. (1712) 6 I am informed by a Broker, who knows more of this Matter than he does, that all this is Crimp. 1713 C. Gildon Soupirs de la Grande Bretagne 59 To this is join'd cheating... Lords don't scruple to Play Crimp, and vie with Sharpers in their Dexterity. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Crimp To crimp or play crimp; to play foul or booty. < as lemmas |
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