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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

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

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

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.)

Tinned meat is good, sometimes excellent; but when you find that a cunning storekeeper has palmed off all his minced mutton on you, you are apt to fancy tinned fare monotonous!

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford