swindle sheet
Americannoun
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an expense account.
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a log sheet, as kept by a trucker, cab driver, hourly worker, or the like.
noun
Etymology
Origin of swindle sheet
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Rarely did his expense accounts contain the creative writing and fantastic arithmetic of the standard swindle sheet.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the swindle sheet were at least two gold-plated Daimlers�one of them upholstered in six zebra skins and costing $42,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
After his famous ride, Paul Revere turned in a swindle sheet, according to Edward J. Cronin, Massachusetts secretary of state.
From Time Magazine Archive
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