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pi'geon drop"




a confidence game or sleight-of-hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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