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shill

shill [ shil ]


noun  (plural shills)
Definition:
 
1. pretended customer or gambler: an accomplice who pretends to be an interested customer or gambler in order to lure others into buying or gambling

2. self-interested promoter: somebody who promotes somebody else or makes a sales pitch for something for reasons of self-interest



verb  (past and past participle shilled, present participle shill·ing, 3rd person present singular shills)
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb be shill: to be or work as a shill

2. transitive verb promote somebody or something as shill: to promote somebody or make a sales pitch for something using the tactics of a shill

[Early 20th century. Origin ?]
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