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noun 
  1. A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.
  2. An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.
Translations: 
  • German: Lockvogel
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    (trans-bottom)
verb 
  1. To promote as a fan or customer.
  2. To put under cover; to sheal.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an abbreviation of the Yiddish shillaber. The word originally denoted a carnival worker who pretends to be a member of the audience in an attempt to elicit interest in an attraction<br>


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