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Today's word indicates unknown origin with a guess at a possible permutation of "graft". I might suggest another origin. Seems I remember a word being used in old cowboy movies "grifter" and it referred to someone who unscrupulous and only drifting through town. Maybe it is a combination of Drifter and Graft. Which then was shortened and redefined as grift. Just a thought
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Pooh-Bah
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hi (which coast?)
Sounds reasonable, but then English is so seldom sensible.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Today's word indicates unknown origin with a guess at a possible permutation of "graft". I might suggest another origin. Seems I remember a word being used in old cowboy movies "grifter" and it referred to someone who unscrupulous and only drifting through town. Maybe it is a combination of Drifter and Graft. Which then was shortened and redefined as grift. Just a thought I remember it being used in the 50's,60's series "Cheyenne", starring Clint Walker.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Carpal Tunnel
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High Plains Drifter, 1973. But wasn't Eastwood the good guy?
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Carpal Tunnel
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Maybe it is a combination of Drifter and Graft.
Doubtful. Graft in this sense, like grift, is of unknown origin, too.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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old hand
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I recall 'The Grifters' Anjelica Houston was memorable.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Okay, olly, put your eyes back in their sockets!
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