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bilk

/bɪlk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  2. A deception, a hoax.
  3. A cheat or swindler.
  4. To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
  5. To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  6. To evade, elude.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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