A swindle. The N.E.D. gives an example (1610) meaning a verbal trick.
1799. The gulls and goose-traps that have been sported for some time past all come from the shop in which the Washington Lottery wheels remain undrawn, and where a new goose-trap, the Amuskeag canal, was some time since hammered out.—The Aurora, Phila., Jan. 31.
