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Bonnet

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A pretended player at a gaming-table, or bidder at an auction, to lure others to play; so called because he blinds the eyes of his dupes, just as if he had struck their bonnet over their eyes.

“A man who sits at a gaming table, and appears to be playing against the table; when a stranger appears the Bonnet generally wins.”—The Times.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bone-shaker (A)
Boned
Bones
Bonese
Bonfire
Bonhomie
Bonhomme (Un)
Boniface
Bonne (French)
Bonne Bouche (A)
Bonnet
Bonnet
Bonnet Lairds
Bonnet-piece
Bonnet Rouge
Bonnie Dundee
Bonnyclabber
Bono Johnny
Bontemps
Bonus
Bonzes (sing. Bonze)