DCHP-3

Yankee shave

Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an instance of sharp practice.

Quotations

1853
It was a clever trick, no doubt--a real Yankee shave. . . .