name, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle. slang, transitive

   "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."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A habitational surname.
2. 2
   A small city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa, United States.
3. 3
   A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
4. 4
   A township in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States; in full, Fairbank Township.
5. 5
   An island of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; in full, Fairbank Island.

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6. 6
   A neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7. 7
   A lake in the city of Greater Sudbury, in northern Ontario, Canada.
8. 8
   An island in Fairbank Lake, in northern Ontario.
9. 9
   A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
10. 10
    An asteroid in the Solar System; in full, 67235 Fairbank.

Synonyms

All synonyms

asteroid 67235mul:(67235) 2000 ej15mul:2000 ej15mul:67235 (2000 ej15) fairbank

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From fair + bank.

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