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Where does “trick-or-treat” come from?

trick-or-treat (English) comes from English trick or treat.

trick-or-treat (English): To extort small treats on Halloween by implied...

Definitions

  1. To extort small treats on Halloween by implied...

Ancestry of “trick-or-treat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtrick or treat—

Words derived from “trick-or-treat”

  • trick-or-treater
Every word from English trick or treat →