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FAST AND LOOSE

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FAST AND LOOSE , a See also:

cheating See also:game played at fairs by sharpers. A strap, usually in the See also:form of a See also:belt, is rolled or doubled up with a See also:loop in the centre, and laid edgewise on a table. The swindler then bets that the loop cannot be caught with a stick or skewer as he unrolls the belt. As this looks to be easy to do the See also:bet is often taken, but the sharper unrolls the belt in such a manner as to make the catching of the loop practically impossible. Centuries ago it was much practised by See also:gipsies, a circumstance alluded to by See also:Shakespeare in See also:Anthony and See also:Cleopatra (iv.

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