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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pahm
Phonetic Transcription : pɑm



Definition of palming

Origin :
  • "flat of the hand," c.1300, from Old French palme (Modern French paume), from Latin palma "palm of the hand," also "flat end of an oar; palm tree," from PIE *pel- "to spread out; flat" (cf. Greek palame "open hand," Old Irish lam, Welsh llaw, Old English folm, Old High German folma "hand," Sanskrit panih "hand, hoof"). Palm oil is earlier in the punning sense of "bribe" (1620s) than in the literal sense of "oil from the fruit of the West African palm" (1705, from palm (n.2)).
  • As in pass off : verb give because one does not want it
  • As in pilfer : verb steal, embezzle
  • As in secrete : verb hide
  • As in touch : verb make physical contact
  • As in palpate : verb touch
  • As in feel : verb touch, stroke
  • As in hold : verb have in one's hands, possession; grasp
Example sentences :
  • Great skill in palming is necessary for their successful use.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • Have this in one of your pockets, where it will not get crushed, ready for palming.
  • Extract from : « More Conjuring » by Hercat
  • The notion then occurred to Rosenbaum of palming off another skull for Haydn's.
  • Extract from : « Haydn » by J. Cuthbert Hadden
  • This seemed to dispose of the theory that he was palming off illegitimate money.
  • Extract from : « The Triumphs of Eugne Valmont » by Robert Barr
  • He had 169been palming himself off on the youngsters as an unfortunate, out of work, and they had been helping him.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • In charity for the Frenchman's taste, I have sometimes thought the vender of these little barkers was palming a quiz upon me.
  • Extract from : « Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 » by Albert James Pickett
  • Let us hope, that the catastrophe was not due to any unhandsome attempt at palming off cheap work on "the recording angel."
  • Extract from : « A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2) » by T. Adolphus Trollope
  • Of all the fictions which he succeeded in palming off for truths none is more instructive than that admirable ghost, Mrs. Veal.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • Palming sometimes refers to secreting money or rings in the hand.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words » by A London Antiquary
  • You see at last I'm not a suspicious rascal, however, for I don't suspect you of palming a false grand-daughter upon me.'
  • Extract from : « The Absentee » by Maria Edgeworth

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