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View synonyms for skin game

skin game

noun

  1. a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc.
  2. any cheating or fraudulent trick.


skin game

noun

  1. slang.
    a swindling trick
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skin game1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

In the 1971 comedy western “Skin Game,” a chest-length-beard-wearing John Brown appears so crazed that any gains to be made when he disrupts a live slave auction are undermined by the ensuing chaos that he produces in the town.

His criticism was collected into “Notes of a Hanging Judge,” “The All-American Skin Game” and other books.

Crouch’s criticism was collected into “Notes of a Hanging Judge,” “The All-American Skin Game” and other books.

Crouch’s criticism was collected into “Notes of a Hanging Judge,” “The All-American Skin Game” and other books.

In “Skin Game” in the main space, the maverick performance artist and erstwhile sculptor Michael Mahalchick riffs on appropriation and popular culture.

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