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  • And you can feel good knowing that the head of the company is such a sketchball that the best title anyone can give him is a "California-based grifter" and naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Montenegro who goes by the name Michael Hilton.

    Julie Farby: American Police Force: For All Your Sketchy, Private Security Needs! 2009

  • The film follows the party-hungry ladies as they attempt to rob a bank to finance their spring break plans Franco plays a sketchball drug dealer who bails them out, obvs.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jessie Heyman 2012

  • He might actually go up in my estimation just for having the cajones to pull that sketchball crap.

    From Inside the Box 2010

  • For the record, after Jackson died, I called Murray a sketchball, and a bunch of commenters were like "fuuuuuuuckkk youuuuuu he is SO NOT SKETCHY you are SUCH AN ASSHOLE."

    Gawker 2010

  • This in and of itself is cool but upon further review it's kind of sketchball.

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2010

  • Saul, your series on broadband was great, but this Priceline analogy is total sketchball .. and more than a bit sensational (unusual for you).

    NYT > Technology 2009

  • I remember when that sketchball Peter filmed her topless.

    unknown title 2009

  • Yes, Zardari's a sketchball, but unfortunately, I have a feeling that Palin would face a lot of this sort of thing if she became vice president.

    FP Passport 2008

  • (We need to get ready, because a zillion dollar right-wing 527 just hired the king of sketchball tactics to smear anyone who doesn't preemptively grovel for them) We must not get distracted by these pesky goons ... for we'll lose sight of the restorative power of really transforming our democracy by changing the way we talk about the military, about power, about the use of force and all other attendant security issues as this war winds down.

    Lorelei Kelly: Boomers: The Iraq War and Your Second Chance to Save our Democracy 2008

  • Real citation: "Jenna, I'm glad to hear that you had a relatively successful, and entertaining (?), stint with public transportation today.: o) What would have made the story a stand-up comedy routine would be if Policeman #1 were actually the sketchball from your previous encounters!

    Wordlustitude 2008

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