trick-o'-the-loop

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And there was a cheer that made the ocean shiver, and fluttered the flags over the tents, and made even the trick-o'-the-loop men pause in their honest avocation, and the orange-sellers hold their wares suspended in midair.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
It's little wonder she'd be fussy, and he after bringing bankrupt ruin on the roulette man, and the trick-o'-the-loop man, and breaking the nose of the cockshot-man, and winning all in the sports below, racing, lepping, dancing, and the Lord knows what!

The Playboy of the Western World; a Comedy in Three Acts 1907

wolfnotes commented on the word trick-o'-the-loop

None of your bloody miracles, shouted Shorty, we're playing for money! None of your trick-o'-the-loop, none of your bloody quick ones!
At Swim-Two-Birds

November 7, 2008
ry commented on the word trick-o'-the-loop

older Irish colloq., see strap game

March 19, 2014