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Quotation dates: 1897
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HOAX, v. Sc. usage: To spoil or disorganize (a game) (Mry.1 1925).Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. i.:
Thus the match would be hoaxed, and the end of it would be the rival teams stoning each other from a safe distance.Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. xv.:
"Hame ye go, then," says the counter, giving him a push: "ye're aye hoaxin' the play."
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