英语词汇“murphy game”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Murphy game

Murphy game n. [claimed by some sources to be either the name of a man who originated the trick, or the name of a fictitious woman used to lure the victim] U.S. a confidence trick in which the victim is duped, usually by an unfulfilled promise of money or sex.

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1957 Ebony July 55/1 Each year handkerchief trick, Murphy game, pigeon chop and other confidence operations, with aid of teen-age girls, fleece willing but unwitting persons out of some $20,000,000.

1965 Time 16 Apr. 16 ‘The Murphy game’ is underworld argot for a slick maneuver in which a victim puts his cash in an envelope and gives it to the con man, who makes a fast sleight-of-hand switch and hands back an identical envelope stuffed with newspaper strips.

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单词	murphy game
释义	> as lemmas Murphy game Murphy game n. [claimed by some sources to be either the name of a man who originated the trick, or the name of a fictitious woman used to lure the victim] U.S. a confidence trick in which the victim is duped, usually by an unfulfilled promise of money or sex. ΚΠ 1957 Ebony July 55/1 Each year handkerchief trick, Murphy game, pigeon chop and other confidence operations, with aid of teen-age girls, fleece willing but unwitting persons out of some $20,000,000. 1965 Time 16 Apr. 16 ‘The Murphy game’ is underworld argot for a slick maneuver in which a victim puts his cash in an envelope and gives it to the con man, who makes a fast sleight-of-hand switch and hands back an identical envelope stuffed with newspaper strips. extracted from Murphyn.² < as lemmas
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