play booty

Definitions

1. 1

   To hustle (play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players…

   To hustle (play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one).

   • So that we understand what we ought to do; but when we come to deliberate, we play booty against ourselves
2. 2

   To double-cross someone.

   • Oh, we see through you, John Silver; you want to play booty, that’s what’s wrong with you.

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