stun v.
(UK Und.) to cheat, to swindle; esp. as stun out of v., to defraud.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Dict. of the Flash or Cant Lang. 167/2: To stun him of his regulars – to win a confederate’s share of booty. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Vocabulum 87: stun him out of his regulars Cheat him out of his rights; deprive him of his share of the plunder. | |
| Sl. and Its Analogues. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Aus. Sl. Dict. 82: Stun Him Out of His Regulars, cheat him of his share of the plunder. |
In phrases
(Aus.) to amaze, to astound.
| Golden Age (Queanbeyan, NSW) 4 Sept. 3/3: Tom, with the conviction that he has put the ‘stuns’ on his hearers, walks off in the best possible humour with himself. | |
| Robbery Under Arms (1922) 188: The first night put the stuns on us. |