dirty pool

noun

: underhanded or unsportsmanlike conduct

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Throwing people off the ballot based on obscure technicalities that New York used to specialize in, like using the wrong color of paper, is dirty pool deployed by party machines to squash insurgents. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024 More dirty pool could be ahead. Jackie Calmes, Time, 22 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dirty pool was in 1918

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“Dirty pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20pool. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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