| 单词 | pigeon drop |
| 释义 | pigeon drop in American English a confidence game in which the victim, enticed by a promise to share in the distribution of a large sum of money, hands over personal funds to show good faith pigeon drop in American Englishnoun a confidence game or sleight-of-hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent Word origin [1935–40, Amer.; so called because such swindles orig. began with the dropping of a wallet in frontof the intended victim, the pigeon]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, complementation, fluorocarbon, gangbuster, roomette |
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