take-in
See also: take in
English
Etymology
From the verb phrase take in.
Noun
take-in (plural take-ins)
- A fraud or deception. [from 18th c.]
- 1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 108:
- ‘Ma'am,’ cried Mr Sheridan, turning to me abruptly, ‘you should send and order him not, – it is a take in, and ought to be forbid […].’
- 1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 108:
Anagrams
- Aitken, Kantei, intake, kaiten, kentia, kinate, tankie