palm
noun
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
has palmed
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present perfectof palm (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yonder young lady has no right to the prize, for the piece which she has palmed off as her own appeared in the Woodland Gazette, a paper published in an obscure New Hampshire village.
From Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error by Holmes, Mary Jane
For thousands of years this chief of conspiracy has palmed off falsehood for truth.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
Nevertheless more than one unscrupulous florist has palmed off great fluffy white blooms of Asters as those of Queen Chrysanthemum herself.
From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various
Look at this stuff Georgie Merriles has palmed off on us for wine.
From When Patty Went to College by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
That woman that lives with me has palmed that brat of hers on me as my child; and he and she have been plundering me these years past.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry
