"Murphy game" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Murphy games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Murphy game (plural Murphy games)
  1. Any of several confidence tricks in which something worthless is substituted for something of value, often in a sealed envelope.
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  2. A confidence trick in which a supposed pimp takes money from a client to procure a prostitute, but disappears with the money.
    Sense id: en-Murphy_game-en-noun-HolURvvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Murphy

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