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.
A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras.
Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.
A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.
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