palming off
Example Sentences
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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
The plot drones on about a houseful of servants who try to rehabilitate their bankrupt master by palming off a pretty scullery maid as a debutante, hoping she will bag a millionaire.
From Time Magazine Archive
And hark ye, landlord, no palming off your stale, musty goods as fresh, or of your washy French wines for the true Hainault vintage.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
