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English Dictionary: Bilked by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.]
      To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
      nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give
      the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
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