It was the very sort of charge that a man in Trenchell's position could defeat by pure bluff.

All that talk of taking it into court is pure bluff.

It was all pure bluff, of course.

Finally the fellow must have concluded that von Horst's words were pure bluff, for he came on again.

Challenging Jervis when he had been straight out of his bed had been pure bluff.

A player making a pure bluff believes he can win the pot only if all opponents fold.

Or pure bluff, a shot of water, perhaps.

This last was false; it was pure bluff.

This was pure bluff, but it worked, and apparently, after the lieutenant had dutifully noted in his log: "12:44.

If Fitzroy ever realized that his worst threats were pure bluff, how long would he let Calvin live?