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They are deeds of darkness surely; for many's the morn we work for nothing, by one excuse or another, and many's the good stint that they undermeasure.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Underweight, undermeasure, double- bottomed berry-boxes, bottles so shaped as to appear to contain more than their actual contents, are obviously cheating.

From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant