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Chicane

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(1):

(n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; - specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.

(2):

(n.) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.

(3):

(n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chicane'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chicane.html. 1828.
 
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