单词 | schlenter |
释义 | schlenter/ˈʃlɛntə /South African adjective Not genuine; counterfeit: boys learn to tell the difference between genuine and schlenter diamonds noun 1A fake diamond. 1.1An illegal or dishonest scheme.A rumour spread that the fight was a ‘schlenter’, a setup, with McGoorty backing Darcy to win. 1.2A confidence trickster. verb [with object] informal Achieve or acquire by underhand means: I can always manage to schlenter a car OriginFrom Dutch and Afrikaans slenter 'trick'. The sch- probably reflects Yiddish influence in the 19th century in diamond mining. |
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