Meanings
nounMurphy game (plural Murphy games)
plural Murphy games
- Any of several confidence tricks in which something worthless is substituted for something of value, often in a sealed envelope.
- A confidence trick in which a supposed pimp takes money from a client to procure a prostitute, but disappears with the money.
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Murphy game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Murphy%20game
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“Murphy game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Murphy%20game. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Murphy game,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Murphy%20game.
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