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Less than you should get: “They’ll try to give you ________ every time.”

SHORTCHANGE YOU 318
SHORT MEASURE 170
SHORT WEIGHT 115
SHORT CHANGE 89
SHORT YOU 57
LESS 49
NR 47
SCANT MEASURE 31
GYP YOU 29
CHEAT YOU 28
GYP 17
TO CHEAT YOU 16
CHEAT 15
FEWER 14
SKIN YOU 11
SHORTAGE 9
SMALL MEASURE 9
BEAT YOU 8
SHORT-WEIGHT YOU 7
SHORT END 6
SHORT END OF THE STICK 6
SKIMPY MEASURE 6
SMALL AMOUNT 6
SCANT WEIGHT 5
SHORT-POT YOU 5
TOO LITTLE 5
UNDER-WEIGHT 5
CUT YOU 4
GYPPING 4
LIGHT WEIGHT 4
SHORT COUNT 4
SHORT SHIFT 4
SKIMP 4
SKIMP YOU 4
SKINNING 4
AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE 3
BEATING 3
CUT YOU SHORT 3
LESS AND LESS 3
SCREW YOU 3
SHORT SHRIFT 3
SUBSTITUTE 3
CHANGE 2
CHEATING 2
GET THE BEST OF YOU 2
HARD TIME 2
HOOK YOU 2
LESS THAN YOU SHOULD GET 2
POOR MEASURE 2
RAW DEAL 2
RUN-AROUND 2
SCANT 2
SCREWING 2
SHAFT 2
SHORT AMOUNT 2
SHORT-WEIGH YOU 2
SMALL QUANTITY 2
TO CHEAT 2
AS LITTLE AS THEY CAN 1
BAD DEAL 1
BAD WEIGHT 1
BEAT YOU OUT 1
BLUFF YOU 1
BRUSH-OFF 1
BUM DEAL 1
BUTCHER’S THUMB 1
CATCH YOU SHORT 1
CHEAP WEIGHT 1
CHEAT YOU A LITTLE BIT 1
CHEAT YOU EVERY TIME 1
CHISEL YOU 1
CLIP JOB 1
CLIPPED ME 1
CROOKED DEAL 1
CUTTING YOU SHORT 1
DECREASE 1
DIDDLING 1
DIRTY END OF IT 1
DO YE A FOOLIN’ 1
FAIRY TALE 1
FALSE WEIGHT 1
FEW 1
FEW AS POSSIBLE 1
FLEECE 1
FUCK YOU 1
GET TO YOU 1
GIVE YOU LESS 1
GYP YOU EVERY TIME 1
HARD DEAL 1
HOOKED 1
HOOKING 1
INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT 1
JEW 1
JEW YOU 1
JEW YOU OUT OF IT 1
JEWING 1
JUST A FEW 1
LEAST 1
LEAST AMOUNT 1
LEAST THEY CAN 1
LEFTOVERS 1
LESS THAN THE PROPER WEIGHT 1
LESS THAN YOU EXPECTED 1
LESS THAN YOU NEED 1
LESS THAN YOU OUGHT TO HAVE HAD 1
LESS THAN YOU PAY FOR 1
LESS THAN YOUR MONEY’S WORTH 1
LITTLE 1
LITTLE AS THEY CAN 1
LITTLE END OF THE HORN 1
LITTLE END OF THE VEAL 1
LITTLE UNDER 1
MAKE IT SHORT 1
MINIMUM 1
MINIMUM AMOUNT 1
MORE LITTLE 1
NEXT TO NOTHING 1
PUT IT OVER ON YOU 1
REAM YOU 1
REAMING 1
RIMMING 1
ROB YOU 1
ROOK 1
ROOKING 1
SCANT MEASUREMENT 1
SCANT YOU 1
SCRIMP YOU ON IT 1
SCURSE WEIGHT 1
SECONDS 1
SELL YOU SHORT 1
SHADY SIDE 1
SHELLACKING 1
SHORT CUT 1
SHORT CUTS 1
SHORT DEAL 1
SHORT MEASURE CHANGE 1
SHORT PINTAGE 1
SHORT RATION 1
SHORT YARDAGE 1
SHORT-CASH 1
SHORTCHANGED 1
SHORT-CUT YOU 1
SHORTED ME ON WEIGHT 1
SHORTEN YOU 1
SHORT-SHEET YOU 1
SHORT-SUIT YOU 1
SKIMP ON YOU 1
SKIMP WEIGHT 1
SKIMPY HELPING 1
SKIN YOU OUT OF IT 1
SKINCH 1
SLIP 1
SMALL HELPINGS 1
SMALL POTATERS 1
SMALLER AMOUNT 1
SMIDGEN 1
SOMETHING YOU DON’T WANT 1
STICKING 1
SWINDLE 1
THE WORKS 1
THEY DOGGED ME OUT OF THAT 1
THEY SCRIMPED YOU 1
TINY BIT 1
TO BEAT YOU 1
TOO FEW 1
TRY AND HOOK YOU 1
TRY AND SKIN YOU 1
TRY AND STRING YOU 1
TRY TO SHORT YOU 1
UNDER 1
UNDERWEIGHT YOU 1
WORST OF IT 1

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