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View synonyms for vigorish
vigorish
[vig-er-ish]
noun
Slang.
a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
interest paid to a moneylender, especially a usurer.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vigorish1
1910–15, earlier viggresh, perhaps < an adaptation in Yiddish slang of Ukrainian výgrash or Russian výigrysh winnings, profit
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