BILK

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray.

2.
n.

A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

3.
n.

A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras.

4.
n.

Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.

5.
n.

A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.


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