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单词 short-weight
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short-weight
short-weight v. (transitive) to give short weight to (see sense A. 15a) (U.S.).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > by giving short change or weight
short-change1903
short-weight1932
1932 T. S. Stribling Store vii. 73 It is much mo' dangerous to accuse a white man of shawt-weightin' you when he ain't 'an when he is.
1952 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Apr. (B ed.) 30/5 Many Harford county coal dealers apparently are short-weighting their customers.
1977 Time 7 Nov. 72/3 A leading Catholic contractor short-weights the church.
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