bill of goods

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bill of goods

noun bills of goods

A list of items purchased or offered for sale. Near-synonym: bill of sale
Similar: bill of sale
metonymically The items themselves, as a collection or set. "This morning," he said, "I foolishly gave Eben a hundred dollars, and sent him to Boston to pay for a bill of goods which I recently bought of a wholesale house on Milk Street."
idiomatic A set of misleading or deceptive claims. Near-synonyms: misinformation, disinformation, bullshit; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
Similar: misinformation, disinformation, bullshit

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@misc{bill_of_goods_2026,
  title = {bill of goods},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bill%20of%20goods},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}