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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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