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palming off



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“Industry is simply palming off the benefits to the consumer.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2019

Whereas I previously felt sad about the prospect of getting rid of all the baby kit, I’m now palming off bits of neon plastic at every opportunity.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2016

The line gets a laugh, but it’s a ruse: Tarantino is palming off the convolutions of his plot as a knowing gag.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 4, 2016

With no more equipment than a telephone, sharp Canadian stock promoters have fleeced gullible Americans of millions by palming off worthless oil and uranium shares at inflated prices.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were, I am told, the invention of a man who succeeded in palming off these fruits of stupidity and malice on the War Office.

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.



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