Definition of Sell a bargain

1. Verb. (idiomatic 1811) A species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse". ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sell A Bargain

selfward
selfwards
seliciclib
selictar
selictars
seligmannite
selion
selions
selkie
selkies
sell
sell-by date
sell-out
sell-outs
sell-through
sell a bargain (current term)
sell down
sell down the river
sell ice to Eskimos
sell like hot cakes
sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven
sell off
sell on
sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
sell one's soul
sell oneself short
sell out
sell past the close
sell short
sell someone a bill of goods

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