sandbagger
/ˈsændˌbæɡər/
noun
- A person who uses unfair or deceptive methods to gain an advantage, especially in a game or competition by pretending to be less skilled than they really are.
- In the golf tournament, they disqualified the sandbagger for deliberately lowering his handicap.
- Don't trust his humble attitude at the chess club — he's a sandbagger who beats everyone easily.
- The poker player was a known sandbagger who pretended to be a beginner to win big pots.
- A person who uses sandbags, especially to build protective barriers against floods or in military fortifications.
- Volunteers worked as sandbaggers all night to hold back the rising river.
- During the storm, the sandbaggers filled hundreds of bags to protect the town.
- The army trained every soldier to be a sandbagger for quick defensive positions.
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