单词 | pigeon drop |
释义 | pigeon dropnouna 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. Origin of pigeon drop1935–40, Americanism; so called because such swindles originally began with the dropping of a wallet in front of the intended victim, the pigeon Words nearby pigeon droppig boiling, pig dog, pigeon, pigeon blood, pigeon breast, pigeon drop, pigeon hawk, pigeon-hearted, pigeonhole, pigeonite, pigeon-livered Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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