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Re: gazumping--from t he Yiddish="gazump" |
 | | In fact, truly wicked sellers sometimes "gazump" a gullible buyer by inventing an imaginary "second buyer" to extort a higher bid after the deal is struck. |
 | | You could be "gazumped" by the butcher, the baker, and, if not the candlestick maker, then very likely by your local used car salesman. |
 | | Opinions vary as to where "gazump" came from, with many authorities tracing it to a Yiddish word "gazumph," meaning "to swindle, overcharge," but this is not certain. |
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