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fairbanked

fairbanked is the simple past and past participle of fairbank.

Meaning of fairbank

Verb

fairbank (third-person singular simple present fairbanks, present participle fairbanking, simple past and past participle fairbanked)

  1. (slang, transitive) For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.
    • I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.1935, Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan, The American Mercury, volume 35, page 227

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Questions about fairbanked

What is fairbanked the simple past and past participle of?
Fairbanked is the simple past and past participle of fairbank.

Words near fairbanked in the dictionary

  1. Fairall
  2. Fairalls
  3. Fairbairn
  4. Fairbairns
  5. fairbank
  6. fairbanked
  7. fairbanking
  8. fairbankite
  9. fairbanks
  10. Fairbanks North Star Borough
  11. Fairbanks Ranch

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