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from The Century Dictionary.

noun A trick practised upon simple people by rogues in various ways. One mode is described in the quotation.

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Or there is the ring-dropping trick, it is as old as the hills.

The History of London Walter Besant 1868
1 The practice of ring-dropping is not wholly confined to

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821) John Badcock 1823

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