"whack the illy" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-whack the illy.ogg [Australia] Forms: whacks the illy [present, singular, third-person], whacking the illy [participle, present], whacked the illy [participle, past], whacked the illy [past]
Etymology: Presumed (but not proven) to be a back-formation from illywhacker. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|illywhacker|nocap=1}} back-formation from illywhacker Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} whack the illy (third-person singular simple present whacks the illy, present participle whacking the illy, simple past and past participle whacked the illy)
  1. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) To carry on small-time confidence tricks, ie. the activity of an illywhacker. Tags: Australia, colloquial, obsolete

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