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stroke noun- an underhand, immoral or illegal trick UK, 1970
- You’re famous for having more strokes than Oxford and Cambridge[.] — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 98, 1984
- praise or flattery US, 1964
Almost always in the plural. - You flatter somebody outrageously. Even though they know you’re doing it, the person getting the strokes is gratified. You flattered them. — Robert Campbell, Boneyards, p. 290, 1992
- appetite IRELAND
- She has a great stroke — Irwin Liam, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, p. 82, 2000
- a rule US
- — Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women, p. 212, 1966: Glossary of Prison Terms
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