scam

Mullins, Bill Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Fri Jul 8 19:49:35 UTC 2005


> >  scam (v) OED has 1963
> >
> > "Rebel without a Cause" screenplay by Stewart Stern, 1955
> online at:
> > http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Rebel-Without-A-Cause.html
> >
> > "You scam a car up there?"
> >
>
> What does "You scam a car up there?" mean?
>
>From context, I'm guessing it means "Did you see a car up there?"
I've heard scam used with this sense (rarely), but it isn't in the OED
definition.



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