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| shill [ shil ] |
noun (plural shills) |
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1. pretended customer or gambler: an accomplice who pretends to be an interested customer or gambler in order to lure others into buying or gambling
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2. self-interested promoter: somebody who promotes somebody else or makes a sales pitch for something for reasons of self-interest
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verb (past and past participle shilled, present participle shill·ing, 3rd person present singular shills) |
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1. intransitive verb be shill: to be or work as a shill
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2. transitive verb promote somebody or something as shill: to promote somebody or make a sales pitch for something using the tactics of a shill
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| [Early 20th century. Origin ?] |
