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Kansas City shuffle

Kansas City shuffle noun: an advanced form of a confidence trick where the mark is aware of being involved in a swindle and believes that the swindler can be outsmarted.

Noun

Kansas City shuffle (plural Kansas City shuffles)

  1. An advanced form of a confidence trick where the mark is aware of being involved in a swindle and believes that the swindler can be outsmarted.

Forms of Kansas City shuffle

pluralKansas City shuffles

Origin of Kansas City shuffle

In reference to a bet about the location of Kansas City.

Questions about Kansas City shuffle

What does Kansas City shuffle mean?
Kansas City shuffle means an advanced form of a confidence trick where the mark is aware of being involved in a swindle and believes that the swindler can be outsmarted.
What part of speech is Kansas City shuffle?
Kansas City shuffle is a noun.
What is the plural of Kansas City shuffle?
The plural of Kansas City shuffle is Kansas City shuffles.

Words near Kansas City shuffle in the dictionary

  1. Kansas Citian
  2. Kansas Citians
  3. Kansas City
  4. Kansas City barbecue sauce
  5. Kansas City barbecue sauces
  6. Kansas City shuffle
  7. Kansas City shuffles
  8. Kansas horse plague
  9. Kansas River
  10. Kansas State
  11. Kansas Territory

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