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alibi
noun- in a rigged carnival game, the reason given by the game operator to disqualify a legitimate win US
- The most common alibi is to tell the player he went over the foul line. — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 8, 1985
- in sports, an excuse for not performing well US, 1914
In 1914, sports writer Ring Lardner created the character Alibi Ike, who always had an excuse for not playing well. The alibi held up. - — Richard Scholl, Running Press Glossary of Baseball Language, p. 8, 1977
- But if injuries are an alibi, which had the biggest impact? — St Petersburg (Florida) Times, p. 13C, 16 November 2003
- a weak excuse US, 1899
A watered-down version of the conventional use.
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