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Answer for the clue "Part of being a pool shark ", 11 letters:
sandbagging

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast v. treat harshly or unfairly compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: dragoon , railroad ] hit something or somebody ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sandbag English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sandbagging , hiding the strength, skill or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, may refer to: in billiards and other games, deliberately playing below one's actual ability in order to fool opponents into accepting higher stakes bets, ...

Usage examples of sandbagging.

They had been playing the sandbagging game, too, and had been in a better position to play it from.

Main Street, Canal Street, and the foot of Up-Mile Hill were impassable except by foot, and those who splashed and hurried their way toward the sandbagging operation felt the very streets beneath their feet trembling with the frenzied flow of the water, the way a turnpike overpass will tremble when big trucks pass each other.