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Fairbank¹

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From fair + bank.

proper noun Fairbanks

  1. countable, uncountable A habitational surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A small city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable A township in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable An island of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; in full, Fairbank Island.
  6. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  7. countable, uncountable A lake in the city of Greater Sudbury, in northern Ontario, Canada.
  8. countable, uncountable An island in Fairbank Lake, in northern Ontario.
  9. countable, uncountable A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  10. countable, uncountable An asteroid in the Solar System; in full, 67235 Fairbank.

    Similar: mul:2000 EJ15, mul:(67235) 2000 EJ15, mul:67235 (2000 EJ15) Fairbank, Asteroid 67235

fairbank²

verb fairbanks · fairbanking · fairbanked

  1. slang, transitive For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle. I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.

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"fairbank." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fairbank. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fairbank. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fairbank

Chicago

"fairbank." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fairbank.

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@misc{fairbank_2026,
  title = {fairbank},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fairbank},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}