Dictionary entry

Greek (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Greek, n. 1. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

2. A swindler; a knave; a cheat.

Without a confederate the... game of baccarat does not... offer many chances for the Greek.Sat. Rev.

3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.