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swindle sheet

American  

noun

Slang.

  1. an expense account.

  2. a log sheet, as kept by a trucker, cab driver, hourly worker, or the like.

swindle sheet British  

noun

  1. a slang term for expense account

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Etymology

Origin of swindle sheet

First recorded in 1945–50

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After his famous ride, Paul Revere turned in a swindle sheet, according to Edward J. Cronin, Massachusetts secretary of state.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the swindle sheet were at least two gold-plated Daimlers�one of them upholstered in six zebra skins and costing $42,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rarely did his expense accounts contain the creative writing and fantastic arithmetic of the standard swindle sheet.

From Time Magazine Archive

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