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  2. Pig in a poke - Wikipedia

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    A "poke" is a sack, so the image is of a concealed item being sold. Starting in the 19th century, this idiom was explained as a confidence trick where a farmer would substitute a cat for a suckling pig when bringing it to market.

  3. Green goods scam - Wikipedia

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    The green goods scam, also known as the "green goods game", was a fraud scheme popular in the 19th-century United States in which people were duped into paying for worthless counterfeit money. It is a variation on the pig-in-a-poke scam using money instead of other goods like a pig.

  4. Pig in a poke (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pig in a poke is an idiom that refers to a kind of confidence trick. A pig in a poke may also refer to: Pig in a Poke, an Australian TV series; Pig in a Poke, a fictional game show seen in the film National Lampoon's European Vacation "A Pig in a Poke", an episode of the TV series The Worst Witch; A Pig in a Poke, a 1971 novel by Yuri Koval

  5. Category:Metaphors referring to pigs - Wikipedia

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    Pig in a poke; W. When pigs fly This page was last edited on 28 October 2021, at 01:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

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  7. Talk:Pig in a poke - Wikipedia

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  8. SuperPoke! on Facebook makes a comeback ... as a game - AOL

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    The two SuperPoke games launched a while ago, but have both been gaining in popularity, picking up1 million new users last week, says AppData. Super Poke Pets!, much like all of the other pet ...

  9. Kansas City Shuffle - Wikipedia

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    For a confidence game to be a "Kansas City Shuffle", the mark must be aware, or at least suspect, that he is involved in a con but also be wrong about how the con artist plans to deceive him. The con artist will attempt to misdirect the mark in a way that leaves him with the impression that he has figured out the game and has the knowledge ...