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A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business,…A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.
Meaning
1 sensesA company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.
Origin
* Perhaps from the idea that such a firm (company) would claim to have been established fo* Perhaps from the idea that such a firm (company) would claim to have been established for a long time.
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