vigorish

1. a charge made on bets by a casino or similar

establishment

2. interest on a loan, especially applied to loans made by

usurers or loan sharks

(from Yiddish, from Russian, Vyigrish "profits")

They nickle and dimed him to death with vigorish.

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Greek

a fraternity or sorority with a Greek letter name

They pretended they were Greek with the intention of getting drunk.

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lumber

a wooden baseball bat

He took his lumber and left the field.

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chutzpah

boldness, especially of an arrogant sort (From Hebrew and/or Yiddish)

That artist had some major chutzpah to come up with a design like that.

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beeline

a quick and direct route (from the belief that bees take such routes when they return to their hives)

I made a beeline for the bathroom to get cold water.

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jet set

a group of wealthy people who travel from place to place regularly

Here come the jet set. Pretend you don't notice.

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cut-and-paste

improvised from multiple sources

It looked like a cut-and-paste project, but brought up a legitimate concern.

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