play booty | Idiomator

Meaning: (archaic,idiomatic)Tohustle(play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one).1692,Roger L’Estrange, “(please specify the fable number.)(please specify the name of the fable.)”, inFables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists:[…], London:[…]R[ichard]Sare,[…],→OCLC:So that we understand what we ought to do; but when we come to deliberate, weplay bootyagainst ourselves; (archaic,idiomatic,figurative,by extension)Todouble-crosssomeone.1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson,Treasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC:Oh, we see through you, John Silver; you want toplay booty, that’s what’s wrong with you.

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