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cake-cutting
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short-changing US- On the midway, he learned the art of “cake cutting,” or shortchanging customers, using “sticks”–carnies posing as customers pretending to win a big prize–and “gaffs”–concealed devices such as magnets used to ensure that the house always won. — Kim Rich, Johnny’s Girl, p. 37, 1993
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