See gazump in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"The act of gazumping."
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"ref": "1884, Theta Delta Chi, “The Shield: official publication of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 27, page 335:",
"text": "\"Phoney\" Thorpe, '06, and \"Shorty\" Winchester, '01, have been driving their \"90 HP Gazumps\" through the wilds of New Jersey, but otherwise keeping on the job.",
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"ref": "1915, Francis Joseph Reynolds, Master tales of mystery, volume 1, page 373:",
"text": "Go out and hire the finest gazump that ever burned benzine.",
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"ref": "1918, The National provisioner, volume 59, page 36:",
"text": "This year's crop of \"nite bloomin' wood-be mayors\" includes such famous gazumps as Mac Hoyne, Tom Carey, Barney Mullaney, possibly Carter H., Wilhelm Thompson, and the devil knows who else.",
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},
{
"ref": "1920, Carl Sandburg, “Cahoots”, in Smoke and Steel, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 45:",
"text": "Go fifty-fifty. / If they nail you call in a mouthpiece. / Fix it, you gazump, you slant-head, fix it. / Feed 'em. …",
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