fairbank

fairbank

See also: Fairbank

English

Verb

fairbank (third-person singular simple present fairbanks, present participle fairbanking, simple past and past participle fairbanked)

1. (gambling, slang, transitive) For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.
   • 1935, Henry Louis Mencken, ‎George Jean Nathan, The American Mercury (volume 35, page 227)

     I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.

   • 2009, Richard Margittay, Carnival Games: the Perfect Crimes (page 279)

     I didn't check the dart board for the winner's precise total and will assume he hadn't been “fairbanked.” The guy didn't look like a professional, so I attributed his success to the lean and lady luck.