bilkn.

Brit.

/bɪlk/, U.S.

/bɪlk/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; nor can it be determined whether the noun or the verb (bilk v.) was first in use. The earliest instances of the verb (albeit by a relatively small margin) are as a technical term in the game of Cribbage, in which use balk v.¹ also occurs, and other early uses of the verb show some overlap with balk v.¹ (see especially bilk v. 2); hence it is possible that both the verb and the noun ultimately show variants of balk v.¹ and balk n.¹

1. Cribbage. A balking or spoiling of an adversary's score in his crib.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > actions or tactics

bilk1791

go1794

Tom Bray's bilk1819

muggins1948

1791 J. Williams Cribbage 63 To assist your own Crib better, or to throw a greater bilk into that of your adversary.

1791 J. Williams Cribbage 65 A King is, in general, a great bilk with almost any other card.

†2. A statement having nothing in it. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of

rotea1400

rabblec1400

rabblement1547

gabbling1599

bilka1637

ribble-row1665

sottise1673

rigmarolec1736

lockram1809

ráiméis1828

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. i. 60 in Wks. (1640) III Tub. Hee will ha' the last word, though he talke Bilke for 't. Hugh. Bilke? what's that? Tub. Why nothing, a word signifying Nothing; and borrow'd here to expresse nothing.

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Bilk is said to be an Arabick word, and signifies nothing: cribbage-players understand it best.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋139. 213 Bedloe was sworn, and, being asked what he knew against the Prisoner, answered, Nothing..Bedloe was questioned over and over, who still swore the same Bilk.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋46 The Words in a common Acceptation are a meer Bilk, and signify nothing.

3. A hoax, a deception, a ‘take in.’ ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax

pratOE

mowa1393

pageant?c1430

jimp?1572

prank1576

jest1578

jig1592

frump1593

trick1605

bilk1664

fun1699

plisky1706

humbug1750

hum1751

practical joke1751

marlock1763

quiz1795

practical joke1804

skite1804

hoax1808

skit1815

wrinkle1817

rusty1835

funny business1838

string1851

stringer1851

cod1862

mank1865

spoof1889

leg-pull1893

rannygazoo1896

shenanigan1926

gotcha1967

to throw a fastball1968

wind-up1984

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 158 Spells, Which over ev'ry Month's blank-page In th' Almanack, strange Bilks presage.

1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer iii. i. 40 There he's secure from danger of a bilk.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 126 After this Bilk of a Discovery was known.

4. A person who bilks or cheats; a cheat.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives

swikec1000

wielerOE

adderOE

knavec1275

treacherc1290

guiler1303

gabbera1325

tricharda1327

faitoura1340

jugglera1340

beswiker1340

wernard1362

knackerc1380

beguilera1382

deceiver1382

illusor1382

deceivant1393

fob1393

falsea1400

mocker?c1450

feature14..

deceptor1484

seductor1490

bullera1500

troker?a1500

craftera1529

circumventorc1540

bobber1542

cloyner?1550

illuder?1550

tricker1550

double-dealer1567

treacherer1571

falsary1573

abuser1579

falser1579

treachetour1590

deluder1592

ignis fatuus1592

foolmonger1593

prestigiator1595

aguiler1598

baffler1606

cog-foist1606

feaguer1610

guile-man1614

hocus-pocus1624

colt1632

hoodwink1638

blindfoldera1649

napper1653

cheat1664

fooler1677

underdealer1682

circumvenerc1686

chincher1688

dodger1698

nickum1699

sheep-shearer1699

trickster1711

bilker1717

trickologist1723

taker-in1776

bilk1790

duper1792

Yorkshire bite1801

intake1808

gammoner1819

doer1840

delusionist1841

fiddler1857

snide1874

hoodwinker1884

tanger1886

take-down1888

tiddlywinker1893

wangler1912

frost1914

twicer1924

lurkman1945

jive-ass1964

skanker1973

1790 Sheridan in Sheridaniana 109 Johnny W——lks, Johnny W——lks, Thou greatest of bilks.

1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. ix. 108 The wagoner drove off, cursing him for a bilk.

1869 A. K. McClure 3,000 Miles through Rocky Mts. 211 A bilk is a man who never misses a meal and never pays a cent.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iii. 78 Nineteen hotels and restaurants were in operation, and at every one of them ‘bilks’ abounded.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† bilkadj.

Etymology: See bilk n.

Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective]

emptya1225

sleevelessc1450

dumb1531

insensible1538

senseless1579

weetless1579

unsignificant1603

surd1605

matterless1612

unmeaning1632

non-significative1633

brute1642

shelly1648

insignificant1651

insignificative1660

unsignificative1664

unsignifying1665

unsensed1667

meaningless1728

bilka1734

meanless1734

inexpressive1744

unideal1751

unexpressive1755

idealess1793

unsuggestive1797

tenorless1821

themeless1840

nonsensible1851

inarticulate1855

purportless1865

expressionless1871

vacuous1872

contentless1886

unmeaningful1897

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋10. 129 To that and the Author's bilk account of it, I am approaching.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

bilkv.

Brit.

/bɪlk/, U.S.

/bɪlk/

Etymology: See bilk n.

1. transitive. In Cribbage: To balk or spoil any one's score in his crib.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [verb (transitive)] > spoil score

bilk1647

1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 28 So many Cards i'th stock, and yet be bilkt?

1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) viii If he find no Games in them, nor help by the Card that was turn'd up, which he takes into his hand, then he is bilkt, and sometimes it so happens that he is both bilkt in hand and crib.

1791 J. Williams Cribbage 65 Bilking the Crib of your adversary is a very essential part of the game of Cribbage..any cards which are not likely to make sequences, are proper cards to bilk your adversary.

1850 Bohn's Hand-bk. Games ‘Baulking’ or ‘bilking’ the crib.

2. To balk (hope, expectation); to cheat, deceive, betray.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]

aschrenchc885

blendc888

swikec950

belirtOE

beswike971

blencha1000

blenka1000

belieOE

becatchc1175

trokec1175

beguile?c1225

biwrench?c1225

guile?c1225

trechec1230

unordainc1300

blink1303

deceivec1320

feintc1330

trechetc1330

misusea1382

blind1382

forgo1382

beglose1393

troil1393

turnc1405

lirt?a1425

abuse?a1439

ludify1447

amuse1480

wilec1480

trump1487

delude?a1505

sile1508

betrumpa1522

blear1530

aveugle1543

mislippen1552

pot1560

disglose1565

oversile1568

blaze1570

blirre1570

bleck1573

overtake1581

fail1590

bafflea1592

blanch1592

geck?a1600

hallucinate1604

hoodwink1610

intrigue1612

guggle1617

nigglea1625

nose-wipe1628

cog1629

cheat1637

flam1637

nurse1639

jilt1660

top1663

chaldese1664

bilk1672

bejuggle1680

nuzzlec1680

snub1694

bite1709

nebus1712

fugle1719

to take in1740

have?1780

quirk1791

rum1812

rattlesnake1818

chicane1835

to suck in1842

mogue1854

blinker1865

to have on1867

mag1869

sleight1876

bumfuzzle1878

swop1890

wool1890

spruce1917

jive1928

shit1934

smokescreen1950

dick1964

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)]

bedidderc1000

bipechec1000

swikeOE

fodea1375

flatter1377

to make believea1393

illude1447

miscarrya1450

to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1479

delude1493

sophisticate1597

sile1608

prestigiate1647

will-o'-the-wisp1660

bilk1672

foxa1716

fickle1736

moonshine1824

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 27 When we have search'd all over, we find ourselves bilk'd in our expectation.

1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 48 Hopes often bilk't, and Sought Preferment lost.

1774 Westm. Mag. 2 145 Hapless woman..Bilk'd while she's young, and ancient without friends!

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. xv. 351 Native talents at work..to bilk their consciences, and salve their reputation.

1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 119 Fate..may be, to a certain extent, bilked.

3. To ‘do (a person) out’ of (his due); to cheat, defraud; to evade payment of (a debt).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

1672 Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) I. v. 268 A man that had bilked one of the most considerable men of the place.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 412 Beleiving the persons therein would bilk the coachman.

a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 98 A..scoundrel who knows no pleasure beyond..bilking bauds and coaches.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 233 We Bilk'd the Captain of his Ransom Money.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide i. vi. 36 'Tis hard to be bilk'd of our Fare.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 327 His skill..In bilking tavern bills.

1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic viii. 224 In bilking a creditor or negotiating a loan.

4. To elude, evade, escape from, ‘give the slip’ to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from

aglya1250

outsteala1325

glide?1510

slip1513

betrumpa1522

to give (one) the slip1567

to get by ——1601

outslip1616

to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653

elude1667

to tip (a person) the picks1673

bilk1679

to tip (a person) the pikes1688

to give one the drop1709

jouk1812

double1819

sneak1819

shirk1837

duck1896

1679 R. Wild Oliver Cromwells Ghost 2 I bilkt my Keeper, and..Once more I mount my Native Soyl again.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 3 Aug. 2/1 The Country Lass! Who, her Cow bilking, leaves her Milking For a Green Gown upon the Grass.

1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 336 She scorn'd to bilk her assignation.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. iv. 87 I bilked Everard in order to have my morning draught.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. i. 21 T'other recollected how a constable had been bilked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.a1637

adj.a1734

v.1647

单词	bilk
释义	bilkn. Brit. /bɪlk/, U.S. /bɪlk/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; nor can it be determined whether the noun or the verb (bilk v.) was first in use. The earliest instances of the verb (albeit by a relatively small margin) are as a technical term in the game of Cribbage, in which use balk v.¹ also occurs, and other early uses of the verb show some overlap with balk v.¹ (see especially bilk v. 2); hence it is possible that both the verb and the noun ultimately show variants of balk v.¹ and balk n.¹ 1. Cribbage. A balking or spoiling of an adversary's score in his crib. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > actions or tactics bilk1791 go1794 Tom Bray's bilk1819 muggins1948 1791 J. Williams Cribbage 63 To assist your own Crib better, or to throw a greater bilk into that of your adversary. 1791 J. Williams Cribbage 65 A King is, in general, a great bilk with almost any other card. †2. A statement having nothing in it. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of rotea1400 rabblec1400 rabblement1547 gabbling1599 bilka1637 ribble-row1665 sottise1673 rigmarolec1736 lockram1809 ráiméis1828 a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. i. 60 in Wks. (1640) III Tub. Hee will ha' the last word, though he talke Bilke for 't. Hugh. Bilke? what's that? Tub. Why nothing, a word signifying Nothing; and borrow'd here to expresse nothing. View more context for this quotation 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Bilk is said to be an Arabick word, and signifies nothing: cribbage-players understand it best. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋139. 213 Bedloe was sworn, and, being asked what he knew against the Prisoner, answered, Nothing..Bedloe was questioned over and over, who still swore the same Bilk. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋46 The Words in a common Acceptation are a meer Bilk, and signify nothing. 3. A hoax, a deception, a ‘take in.’ ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 158 Spells, Which over ev'ry Month's blank-page In th' Almanack, strange Bilks presage. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer iii. i. 40 There he's secure from danger of a bilk. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 126 After this Bilk of a Discovery was known. 4. A person who bilks or cheats; a cheat. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives swikec1000 wielerOE adderOE knavec1275 treacherc1290 guiler1303 gabbera1325 tricharda1327 faitoura1340 jugglera1340 beswiker1340 wernard1362 knackerc1380 beguilera1382 deceiver1382 illusor1382 deceivant1393 fob1393 falsea1400 mocker?c1450 feature14.. deceptor1484 seductor1490 bullera1500 troker?a1500 craftera1529 circumventorc1540 bobber1542 cloyner?1550 illuder?1550 tricker1550 double-dealer1567 treacherer1571 falsary1573 abuser1579 falser1579 treachetour1590 deluder1592 ignis fatuus1592 foolmonger1593 prestigiator1595 aguiler1598 baffler1606 cog-foist1606 feaguer1610 guile-man1614 hocus-pocus1624 colt1632 hoodwink1638 blindfoldera1649 napper1653 cheat1664 fooler1677 underdealer1682 circumvenerc1686 chincher1688 dodger1698 nickum1699 sheep-shearer1699 trickster1711 bilker1717 trickologist1723 taker-in1776 bilk1790 duper1792 Yorkshire bite1801 intake1808 gammoner1819 doer1840 delusionist1841 fiddler1857 snide1874 hoodwinker1884 tanger1886 take-down1888 tiddlywinker1893 wangler1912 frost1914 twicer1924 lurkman1945 jive-ass1964 skanker1973 1790 Sheridan in Sheridaniana 109 Johnny W——lks, Johnny W——lks, Thou greatest of bilks. 1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. ix. 108 The wagoner drove off, cursing him for a bilk. 1869 A. K. McClure 3,000 Miles through Rocky Mts. 211 A bilk is a man who never misses a meal and never pays a cent. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iii. 78 Nineteen hotels and restaurants were in operation, and at every one of them ‘bilks’ abounded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † bilkadj. Etymology: See bilk n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective] emptya1225 sleevelessc1450 dumb1531 insensible1538 senseless1579 weetless1579 unsignificant1603 surd1605 matterless1612 unmeaning1632 non-significative1633 brute1642 shelly1648 insignificant1651 insignificative1660 unsignificative1664 unsignifying1665 unsensed1667 meaningless1728 bilka1734 meanless1734 inexpressive1744 unideal1751 unexpressive1755 idealess1793 unsuggestive1797 tenorless1821 themeless1840 nonsensible1851 inarticulate1855 purportless1865 expressionless1871 vacuous1872 contentless1886 unmeaningful1897 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋10. 129 To that and the Author's bilk account of it, I am approaching. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). bilkv. Brit. /bɪlk/, U.S. /bɪlk/ Etymology: See bilk n. 1. transitive. In Cribbage: To balk or spoil any one's score in his crib. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [verb (transitive)] > spoil score bilk1647 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 28 So many Cards i'th stock, and yet be bilkt? 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) viii If he find no Games in them, nor help by the Card that was turn'd up, which he takes into his hand, then he is bilkt, and sometimes it so happens that he is both bilkt in hand and crib. 1791 J. Williams Cribbage 65 Bilking the Crib of your adversary is a very essential part of the game of Cribbage..any cards which are not likely to make sequences, are proper cards to bilk your adversary. 1850 Bohn's Hand-bk. Games ‘Baulking’ or ‘bilking’ the crib. 2. To balk (hope, expectation); to cheat, deceive, betray. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)] aschrenchc885 blendc888 swikec950 belirtOE beswike971 blencha1000 blenka1000 belieOE becatchc1175 trokec1175 beguile?c1225 biwrench?c1225 guile?c1225 trechec1230 unordainc1300 blink1303 deceivec1320 feintc1330 trechetc1330 misusea1382 blind1382 forgo1382 beglose1393 troil1393 turnc1405 lirt?a1425 abuse?a1439 ludify1447 amuse1480 wilec1480 trump1487 delude?a1505 sile1508 betrumpa1522 blear1530 aveugle1543 mislippen1552 pot1560 disglose1565 oversile1568 blaze1570 blirre1570 bleck1573 overtake1581 fail1590 bafflea1592 blanch1592 geck?a1600 hallucinate1604 hoodwink1610 intrigue1612 guggle1617 nigglea1625 nose-wipe1628 cog1629 cheat1637 flam1637 nurse1639 jilt1660 top1663 chaldese1664 bilk1672 bejuggle1680 nuzzlec1680 snub1694 bite1709 nebus1712 fugle1719 to take in1740 have?1780 quirk1791 rum1812 rattlesnake1818 chicane1835 to suck in1842 mogue1854 blinker1865 to have on1867 mag1869 sleight1876 bumfuzzle1878 swop1890 wool1890 spruce1917 jive1928 shit1934 smokescreen1950 dick1964 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)] bedidderc1000 bipechec1000 swikeOE fodea1375 flatter1377 to make believea1393 illude1447 miscarrya1450 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1479 delude1493 sophisticate1597 sile1608 prestigiate1647 will-o'-the-wisp1660 bilk1672 foxa1716 fickle1736 moonshine1824 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 27 When we have search'd all over, we find ourselves bilk'd in our expectation. 1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 48 Hopes often bilk't, and Sought Preferment lost. 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 145 Hapless woman..Bilk'd while she's young, and ancient without friends! 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. xv. 351 Native talents at work..to bilk their consciences, and salve their reputation. 1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 119 Fate..may be, to a certain extent, bilked. 3. To ‘do (a person) out’ of (his due); to cheat, defraud; to evade payment of (a debt). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1672 Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) I. v. 268 A man that had bilked one of the most considerable men of the place. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 412 Beleiving the persons therein would bilk the coachman. a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 98 A..scoundrel who knows no pleasure beyond..bilking bauds and coaches. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 233 We Bilk'd the Captain of his Ransom Money. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide i. vi. 36 'Tis hard to be bilk'd of our Fare. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 327 His skill..In bilking tavern bills. View more context for this quotation 1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic viii. 224 In bilking a creditor or negotiating a loan. 4. To elude, evade, escape from, ‘give the slip’ to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from aglya1250 outsteala1325 glide?1510 slip1513 betrumpa1522 to give (one) the slip1567 to get by ——1601 outslip1616 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653 elude1667 to tip (a person) the picks1673 bilk1679 to tip (a person) the pikes1688 to give one the drop1709 jouk1812 double1819 sneak1819 shirk1837 duck1896 1679 R. Wild Oliver Cromwells Ghost 2 I bilkt my Keeper, and..Once more I mount my Native Soyl again. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 3 Aug. 2/1 The Country Lass! Who, her Cow bilking, leaves her Milking For a Green Gown upon the Grass. 1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 336 She scorn'd to bilk her assignation. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. iv. 87 I bilked Everard in order to have my morning draught. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. i. 21 T'other recollected how a constable had been bilked. 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