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Bill of goods

noun

Communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable.

A consignment of merchandise.

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"Bill of goods" Quotes from Famous Books

... out all day. You say he ought to leave at his place of business his annoyances and come home cheery. But if a man has been betrayed by a business partner, or a customer has cheated him out of a large bill of goods, or a protested note has been flung on his desk, or somebody has called him a liar, and everything has gone wrong from morning till night, he must have great genius and forgetfulness if he do not bring some of the perplexity ...

— The Wedding Ring - A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those - Contemplating Matrimony • T. De Witt Talmage

Words linked to "Bill of goods" : bill, deceit, misrepresentation, deception