shill N. Amer.

shill N. Amer.
shill N. Amer.
informal
noun an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice others.
verb act as a shill.
Origin
early 20th cent.: prob. from earlier shillaber, of unknown origin.

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