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bilker
n. A cheat, especially one who evades payment
Usage examples of "bilker".
Pistol said he'd be gone like a shot, but Chip owed him a hundred cases of whiskey, and the minute he was out of sight the damned bilker would do something to get out of it .
And they keep off bums and lobbygows and scare the bilkers into coughing up.
Pistol said he'd be gone like a shot, but Chip owed him a hundred cases of whiskey, and the minute he was out of sight the damned bilker would do something to get out of it .