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short measure
noun as in lick and a promise
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The merchant commended his bad wares for good, and knew how to adulterate and how to give short measure.
White men always had given him short measure, and, at a glance, he could not recognize that this one was an Everett of Boston.
No man brews bad beer without knowing it,—or sells short measure.
If one lent another a short measure of rice, the debtor was obliged to return it in a certain time.
Giving short measure is the dirtiest, smallest, most cowardly form of commercial rascality.
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to short measure, such as: band-aid, cosmetic measure, superficial effort, and wash.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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