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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