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dodge
noun
a scam, a swindle UK, 1638- Why, once in Cuba he even cleaned out Babe Ruth with the fixed-race dodge. — Guy Owen, The Flim-Flam Man and the Apprentice Grifter, p. 17, 1972
- You’re up to all the dodges, son. I trust you. — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 125, 1984
- “As a matter of fact, I have a friend who needs an operation.” “Watch yourself,” Torino advised. “I myself have been taken by the old ‘I need an operation’ dodge.” — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 88, 1987
▶ on the dodge
in hiding from the police US- Leo had been living on the dodge for over three years with wanted sheets out in a dozen states, his photograph decorating every post office wall in America. — Emmett Grogan, Final Score, p. 22, 1976
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