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Swindling.
The Earl of Rosebery pointed out that the expression “committing falsehood” in Scotch law was synonymous with what in England was called swindling (April 25th, 1885).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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