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- verb idiomatic To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to
deceive ; to attempt to pass off acounterfeit orinferior product asgenuine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
Etymologies
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“Palming” an object (as in a playing card) is a type of sleight of hand, secretly removing the desired article and leaving only the undesired one.
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