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Meanwhile, "give him the shaft" was all the rage with high school girls c. 1939. Meant the same thing as all of the above, but would be completely misinterpreted if used among modern folk.
Even Nixon used it in press conferences as late as 1962, in the same meaning as "treating someone unfairly."