"crying game" meaning in All languages combined

See crying game on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: crying games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crying game (plural crying games)
  1. (informal) A situation where someone cries in a spiteful, self-indulgent, or attention-seeking manner. Tags: informal Related terms: cry someone a river, nakige, wambulance
    Sense id: en-crying_game-en-noun-pIf~XKzC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011, Perry Pokrandt, Life Lessons: What Experience Teaches Us About Success, Xlibris, published 2011, →ISBN, page 293:",
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