What does "bilk" mean?
Bilk: A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Additional senses
- 2.A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras.
- 3.Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.
- 4.A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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