bill of goods

noun

a quantity or consignment of salable items, as an order, shipment, etc.

Informal. a misrepresented, fraudulent, or defective article.

Idioms

sell someone a bill of goods, to defraud or deceive someone: He sold me a bill of goods about that used car.

Origin:
1925–30

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bill of goods
noun
1.	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"
2.	a consignment of merchandise

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Bill of goods is always a great word to know.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Example sentences

Many applicants believed they were oversold on a bill of goods.

Twitter is going to sell a bill of goods to a prospective buyer, convince this big company of its potential value.

Later, perhaps, the journalists are surprised and believe they have been sold a bill of goods.

Theologians who do not think of themselves as unethical nevertheless sell their pew-sitting laity a bill of goods.

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