Blags vs Blats - What's the difference?
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(blag)
(British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
(British, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
(British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.
(UK, informal, transitive) To steal.
(Polari) To pick up someone.
To persuade.
To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.
(British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.
An armed robbery.
(British, informal) Fake, not genuine.
(blat)
To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
To make a senseless noise.
To talk inconsiderately.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
As a noun blags
is .As a verb blats is
(blat).blags
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Verb
(head)blag
English
Verb
(blagg)- The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.
- Can I blag a fag?
- He's blagged his way into many a party.
Synonyms
* pretextNoun
(en noun)- A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.
Adjective
(en adjective)- You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!
Derived terms
* blagger, BlaggerExternal links
*blag] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary----
blats
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *blat
English
Etymology 1
Imitative. First attested in 1846.Verb
(blatt)Anagrams
*Etymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(-)- To open a new business in Russia you need blat .
