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Raw deal   /rɑ dil/   Listen
Raw deal

noun
1.
Unfair treatment.






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"Raw deal" Quotes from Famous Books



... down easy!" exploded the cattleman. "When he's just pulled off a raw deal by which I lose a bunch of forty fat three-year-olds. I ought to have gunned ...
— A Man Four-Square • William MacLeod Raine

... Billie indignantly. "Babe is only a kid. This is the first show she's been in. And I happen to know there's an awfully nice boy over in New York crazy to marry her. And I'm certain this gink is giving her a raw deal. He tried to get hold of me about a week ago, but I turned him down hard; and I suppose he thinks Babe is easier. And it's no good talking to her; she thinks he's wonderful. That's another kick I have against the show business. It seems to make girls such darned chumps. Well, I wonder ...
— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse



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