dirty pool
English
Etymology
Probably an allusion to failing to follow the rules when playing billiards. Compare not cricket.
Noun
- (slang) Foul play, misconduct, underhandedness.
- 1967, Keith Wheeler and Sandy Smith, "Murf the Surf and his Jewel-studded Jinx," Life, vol. 62, no. 16 (21 Apr.), p. 95:
- The thieves, in their turn, have developed a self-pity syndrome about the FBI, considering government surveillance to be dirty pool — unjustifiable interference with free enterprise.
- 1967, Keith Wheeler and Sandy Smith, "Murf the Surf and his Jewel-studded Jinx," Life, vol. 62, no. 16 (21 Apr.), p. 95:
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