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

Every word from English shillaber