drop a cog
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who sees it picked up; the piece so dropped is called a dropt cog.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who sees it picked up; the piece so dropped is called a dropt cog.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
