swindle-sheet

swindle sheet

noun Slang.
1.
an expense account.
2.
a log sheet, as kept by a trucker, cab driver, hourly worker, or the like.
Origin:
1945–50

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swindle sheet
 
—n
a slang term for expense account

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swindle sheet definition


  1. n.
    an expense account record sheet or book. : I turned in my swindle sheet yesterday, and no one challenged the $400 for new shoes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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