come Yorkshire over

Definitions

To cheat or deceive.

UK, obsolete, slang, transitive

Examples

“He was not blind to the natives' faults; he amusingly describes how one "who might have⟳ thriven in one of our large towns came Yorkshire over him," by bringing him an india-rubber ball which, instead of being solid, was stuffed inside with chewed leaves.”

“[B]efore I left Huddersfield I had the satisfaction of captaining a team which won most of its matches against the leading Yorkshire towns, though Sheffield 'came Yorkshire over us' by making us play⟳ upon the wooden floor of their Drill Hall. The Yorkshire children were almost bilingual. The youngsters talked broad dialect in the playground, yet answered incorrect English in class.”

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