blag

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 External links 2 Serbo-Croatian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

From French blague (“‘joke, tall story’”).

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• Rhymes: -æɡ

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to blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged)

1. (British, informal) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
2. (British, informal) To beg, to cadge.

   Can I blag a fag?

3. (Polari) To pick up someone.
4. (informal, 1960s) To persuade (especially as blag in/into), to talk one’s way into a party, concert, or other social event.
5. (informal, 1940s) To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax.
6. (informal, late 19th century) To steal.

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[edit] Noun

blag (plural blags)

1. (British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.

   A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.

2. (British criminal slang) An armed robbery.
3. (British, informal) Fake, not genuine.

   You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

[edit] Derived terms

• blagger, Blagger

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[edit] External links

• blag at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolgъ.

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• IPA: /blâːg/

[edit] Adjective

blȃg (definite blȃgī, comparative blȁžī, Cyrillic spelling бла̑г)

1. soft

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