单词 | short-weight |
释义 | > as lemmasshort-weight short-weight v. (transitive) to give short weight to (see sense A. 15a) (U.S.). ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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