skin game
a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc.
any cheating or fraudulent trick.
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How to use skin game in a sentence
I suppose it's some parental promise she's made, or some skin-game buyer has been through here and threw a wrench in the gears.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyAnd because grafters, shilabers, and skin-game artists follow circuses, the public thinks these are a part of it.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyIf I ever want to work any skin game I'll go out of the place where all my friends are.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersYe tried to kill a thousand-dollar bird by a skin-game, and I'll have it out of your hide.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day"Th' fur trade ain't th' only skin game, young feller," he softly said.
Bring Me His Ears | Clarence E. Mulford
British Dictionary definitions for skin game
slang a swindling trick
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