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nenena (
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2009
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02
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25
09:54 am
Entry tags:
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anime/manga: tsubasa chronicle
This month's Tsubasa: Chapters 213 and 214
Does anybody know of a good English slang word that's the semantic equivalent of
gyp
, but without the racist baggage?
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meiousei.livejournal.com
2009-02-25 01:16 am (UTC)
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From Roget's II New Thesaurus
gyp also gip
verb
Slang. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang: diddle1, do, stick, sting. See honest
noun
1.
Slang. An act of cheating: cheat, fraud, swindle, victimization. Informal: flimflam. See honest
2.
Slang. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer. Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang: diddler, gypper. See honest
From the Online Slang Dictionary
I would start
here
.
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*puts on librarian hat*
gyp also gip
verb
Slang. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang: diddle1, do, stick, sting. See honest
noun
1.
Slang. An act of cheating: cheat, fraud, swindle, victimization. Informal: flimflam. See honest
2.
Slang. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer. Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang: diddler, gypper. See honest
From the Online Slang Dictionary
I would start here.