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grifter

1)A confidence man/woman. The term was used by professional con artists in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe people in their profession. The Grifters, a 1963 noir fiction novel by Jim Thompson, portrayed a family of grifters who are all emotionally managed. . The characters describe being "on the grift" the way someone else might describe drinking and drugs. "I can stop any time I want," says Roy to his mother. .
2) (modern) A sell out in the political opinion world. This noun is increasingly used by progressives (and some conservatives) to describe people such as Candace Owens and other opinion makers whose conservatism is seen as facile and inorganic, born mostly out of of a need for corporate funding than actual convictions.
1.) “As for working with a partner, he didn’t like that either. It cut the score right down the middle. It put an apple on your head, and handed the other guy a shotgun. Because grifters, it seemed, suffered an irresistible urge to beat their colleagues. There was little glory in whipping a fool—hell, fools were made to be whipped. But to take a professional, even if it cost you in the long run, ah, that was something to polish your pride.”
― Jim Thompson, The Grifters, 1963

2) "He used to be an original voice, but after meeting the Koch Brothers, the radio host underwent a personality change. Instead of nuanced analysis, he repeated well-worn right-wing talking points, causing his colleagues to suspect he had been corrupted into being a grifter.
by MTyeW23 September 10, 2021
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Parting Gift

A final tangible reminder of a person for a period of time, delivered to the person leaving (or being left behind) by the first.
"With a huff, she left the room, tipping over the banana tree plant, spilling all of the wet coffee inside all over the floor, a final parting gift for her former girlfriend Stacy."
by The Artiscrybre July 9, 2022
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Grafting

John: "How's the Grafting going?"
James: "It's all good. Man's gotto make a living"
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graftin

A: what u been doin all day?
B: man ive been 'Graftin' hard
by Special-K July 18, 2005
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Grafter

A grafter is a hard worker

Works 2 or more jobs,

Does nothing but graft

No social life
Tayler is a top Grafter

TC is a hard Grafter
by Kezzabelle March 9, 2018
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Look a gift horse in the mouth

It's Roman slang: "Noli equi dentes inspicere donati". For example, you can find it in St. Jerome's Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians, written in the 5th century.

You look in a horse's mouth to determine its age and/or health. So if someone gives you a horse, and you look in it's mouth, it's like looking for a price tag. It's rude!
Lucius: I bought you this tunic in Thebes for your birthday.
Quintus: Thanks dude. Hey, look, the seam has really cheap thread.
Lucius: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
Quintus: Wha?
Lucius: It's Latin. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Quintus. Oh yah, right. Mea culpa.
by Ed the Horse July 17, 2009
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giftery

A place of business where one may purchase gifts.
Today is Becca's birthday, so I bought her a present from the giftery.
by Ensign Ricky April 6, 2006
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