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murphy game

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
mur-phy game
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several confidence tricks in which something worthless is substituted for something of value, often in a sealed envelope.

noun

A confidence trick in which a supposed pimp takes money from a client to procure a prostitute, but disappears with the money.

Inflected Forms

Murphy games (plural)

Synonyms

Murphy

Questions

What does murphy game mean?
Any of several confidence tricks in which something worthless is substituted for something of value, often in a sealed envelope.

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