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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
palm \palm\ paumm, v. t. imp.  p. p. palmed paummd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. palming.
   1. to handle. obs. --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. to manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand;
      to juggle.
      1913 webster

            they palmed the trick that lost the game. --prior.
      1913 webster

   3. hence: to take something small stealthily, especially by
      concealing it in the palm of the hand; as, he palmed one
      of the coins and walked out with it.
      pjc

   4. to impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by
      unfair means; -- usually with on or upon; as, to palm a
      stolen coin on an unsuspecting dealer. see also palm
      off.
      1913 webster +pjc

            for you may palm upon us new for old. --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
palmed palming palm off 

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