skin game

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noun

a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc.

any cheating or fraudulent trick.

Origin of skin game

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words nearby skin game

skinflint, skin food, skin friction, skin friction drag, skinful, skin game, skin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink, skinking

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Example sentences from the Web for skin game

The skin-game artists and shilabers, cheaters, flimflammers, and medicine men flock to these gatherings as flies to a picnic.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
Ye tried to kill a thousand-dollar bird by a skin-game, and I'll have it out of your hide.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
And because grafters, shilabers, and skin-game artists follow circuses, the public thinks these are a part of it.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
I suppose it's some parental promise she's made, or some skin-game buyer has been through here and threw a wrench in the gears.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney

British Dictionary definitions for skin game

skin game

noun

slang a swindling trick

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	skin game
释义	skin game SEE SYNONYMS FOR skin game ON THESAURUS.COM noun a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc. any cheating or fraudulent trick. Origin of skin game An Americanism dating back to 1865–70 Words nearby skin game skinflint, skin food, skin friction, skin friction drag, skinful, skin game, skin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink, skinking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skin game The skin-game artists and shilabers, cheaters, flimflammers, and medicine men flock to these gatherings as flies to a picnic. David Lannarck, Midget\|George S. Harney Ye tried to kill a thousand-dollar bird by a skin-game, and I'll have it out of your hide. The Skipper and the Skipped\|Holman Day And because grafters, shilabers, and skin-game artists follow circuses, the public thinks these are a part of it. David Lannarck, Midget\|George S. Harney I suppose it's some parental promise she's made, or some skin-game buyer has been through here and threw a wrench in the gears. David Lannarck, Midget\|George S. Harney British Dictionary definitions for skin game skin game noun slang a swindling trick Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to skin game con game, swindle
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skin game

noun

Origin of skin game

Words nearby skin game

Example sentences from the Web for skin game

British Dictionary definitions for skin game

noun

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