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The term gold brick or goldbrick is dated American slang for a swindle selling a putative gold bar, by extension a swindle or swindler generally, more generally shrinking (slacking) or a shirker (slacker). It can also refer to:
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a short-con because it is quick and easy to pull off. [2] The shell game is related to the cups and balls conjuring trick, which is performed purely for entertainment purposes without any purported gambling element.
The poetic slang for a cheap coffin originated in the late 19th century, with the earliest use found in The Chicago Tribune. Example: "Well, boys, it was a long ride, ...
Swindle (chess), a ruse by which a chess player in a losing position tricks his opponent; Swindle (Transformers), several fictional characters in the Transformers universe; Swindle, a 2008 children's book by Gordon Korman; Swindle, a bi-monthly arts and culture publication from 2004 to 2009; The Swindle, a 2015 video game
Bunco was originally a confidence game similar to three-card monte. [1] [2] It originated in 19th-century England, where it was known as "eight dice cloth". [3]It was imported to San Francisco as a gambling activity in 1855, where it gave its name to gambling parlors, or "bunco parlors", and more generally to any swindle.
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
In Austrian German slang Schmäh means "gimmick," "trick," "swindle" or "falsehood" as well as "compulsory friendliness," "saying" or "joke." [ 1 ] According to Peter Wehle, Schmäh is derived from the Yiddish schemá (story, something overheard) [ 2 ] whereas Robert Sedlacek suggests an origin in Rotwelsch , in which Schmee means something ...