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chisel someone out of something and chisel something out of someone; chisel something from someone to get something away from someone by cheating. The scam tried to chisel pension money out of retired people. See also: out chisel in (on someone or something) Sl. to use deception to get a share of something. I won't chisel in on your deal. You had better not chisel in! How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It represents money we currently throw away to downtown chiselers every year. A catalogue published in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 1999 exhibition of Renaissance armor inspired by "the forms and ornament found in classical art," this work includes not only photographs from the exhibition, but also extensive background information regarding "Filippo Negroli of Milan, chiseler of arms in iron with leaves and figures," as Vasari termed this innovative armorer from Milan. Principal among the cheaters and chiselers Patman decried were chain grocery stores that, because of more efficient purchasing and distribution organizations, undercut traditional food merchants. |
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