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bill of goods
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Princeton's WordNet
bill of goodsnoun
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"
bill of goodsnoun
a consignment of merchandise
Wiktionary
bill of goodsnoun
A collection of items purchased or offered for sale.
bill of goodsnoun
A set of misleading or deceptive claims; misinformation.
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bill of goods
A bill of goods generally refers to a list or schedule providing detailed quantities, descriptions, and prices of items sold or shipped. However, in a colloquial context, it could mean a fraudulent or deceptive deal or information.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bill of goods in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bill of goods in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of bill of goods in a Sentence
We’re sold this bill of goods that says that we peak in our 20s, and then it’s downhill from there, this is just simply not the case.
I think we've been sold a bill of goods, this could well be a situation where you've got an American billionaire [Browder] who's been able to manipulate the situation in order to protect his own activities. That may be the case. I'm not making that charge.
Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
About a quarter through it I thought, 'You know – he's selling a bill of goods like a snake oil salesman. We cannot let this ... stand. So ... I started to stack my papers in a way that were tear-able.
I think that Paul Ryan's selling him a bill of goods that he didn't explain to the President, and the grassroots doesn't want what Paul Ryan is selling.
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