dump n.5
1. (US) a deliberate loss.
Earl Wilson’s New York 4: ‘It was a dump. I lost on purpose, because she said she’d give me a date if I let her win [i.e. an eating contest]. | ||
Jocks 3: [T]his book is about [. . . .] the dump, the fix, the thrown game, the shaved points, the cross and double cross. |
2. (US prison) a rejection of parole.
(con. 1998–2000) You Got Nothing Coming 244: Two-Tears recently spun the parole Wheel of Misfortune and came up with the worst-case scenario — a ‘dump until expiration of sentence’. |