Odd book

"Trimmed" is a term meaning "scammed" back in the 1920's usually by a confidence man. The goal of a confidence game was typically to "trim a mark" for example. In this context the author was probably saying that not only did they get beaten, they got beaten bad in what appeared to be a "rigged game".

I highly recommend the book "The Big Con" by David Maurer. Written in the mid to late 1930's it's a fascinating and informative look into the language, argot, and methods of the classic confidence man. A skill that seems to be coming back into vogue these days.... C On 5/8/2020 4:11 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote: >> Consider the possibility that the writer took "did not lose 5 times in >> a >> row", and wrote that as "WON 5 times in a row". > > Not following Fred. The writer wrote: "We got trimmed in five straight > games, and the vice-president in charge of marketing seemed very much > pleased." The slang is a bit before my time but I read this as the human > player lost five times in a row to the computer. Am I reading it wrong > or am > I missing something? > > -Ali >