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单词 bilker
释义 bilker slang.|ˈbɪlkə(r)|
[f. bilk v. + -er1.]
One who practises cheating; esp. one who evades payment of a cabman's fare.
1717Daily Courant 27 Dec., A Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing, call'd, The Cheats, or, The Tavern Bilkers.1887Tit-Bits 25 June 172 Cab Bilkers.1892Daily News 6 May 6/5 Fares who tried to evade payment, known as ‘bilkers’.1898Ibid. 8 Jan. 3/5 The London Cab Act, 59 and 60 Victoria, chapter 27, commonly known as the Bilkers' Act.1909H. G. Wells Ann Veronica xvi. 336 Ann Veronica, you're a bilker!
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