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bill of goods

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bill of goods

1
n
a consignment of merchandise
2
n
communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bill of goods
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n a consignment of merchandise

Type of:
bill
a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
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n communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable

“they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car”
Type of:
deceit, deception, misrepresentation
a misleading falsehood
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