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Where does “shill” come from?

shill (English) comes from English shillaber — A shill; a confidence trickster.

shill (English): A person paid to endorse a product favourably,...

Definitions

  1. A person paid to endorse a product favourably,...

Ancestry of “shill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshillaberA shill; a confidence trickster

Words derived from “shill”

  • shilling
  • shillingless
  • shilingi
  • shillings
  • chelín
  • scellini
  • scellino
  • chelin
  • xelim
  • 先令
  • σελίνι
  • ch'lîn
  • chelin
  • shilingi
  • selen
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