"no shame in my game" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-no shame in my game.wav
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} no shame in my game
  1. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Implying that one has nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed of in one's current activity or endeavor. Tags: slang Synonyms: ain't no shame in my game, there's no shame in my game
    Sense id: en-no_shame_in_my_game-en-phrase-A25W5Y5B Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1988, Thomas Henderson, Out of Control, page 196:",
          "text": "I hung out at Biff's, like a speakeasy, and there was no shame in my game.",
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          "ref": "1995, Patricia Cukor Avila, The Evolution of AAVE in a Rural Texas Community - An Ethnolinguistic Study, page 108:",
          "text": "'Cause I don' have no shame in my game. At all.",
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