swindled

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Swindled out of a horse and watch—More help from Mr. Keefer—How I got even in the watch trade—My patent right trip to Michigan and Indiana—Its results—How a would-be sharper got come up with.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)

Swindled them all, skivvies and badhachs from the county Meath, ay, and his own kidney too.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Swindled several other people as well," said Sir Reginald, "myself included.

From Simon by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

"Swindled the Company by letting his friends ride free, eh?" said the Bibliomaniac.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney