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"best" Definition

  1. to get the better or BEST of a man in any way—not necessarily to cheat—to have the best of a bargain. BESTED, taken in, or defrauded, in reality worsted. BESTER, a low betting cheat, a fraudulent bookmaker.

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Position in the dictionary: 165 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: better, betting round, betty, bible-carrier, biddy, big, big house, big-bird, big-wig, bilbo
Previous words in the dictionary: bess-o’-bedlam, beong, benjy, benjamin, benedick, bene, bendigo, bender, bend, ben joltram

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