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What do thumb on the scale mean?

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Etymology[edit]. An allusion to a butcher who cheats customers by surreptitiously using a thumb to apply extra pressure to the scale when weighing meat to calculate the price of a sale. read more

It is an allusion to a butcher who cheats customers by secretly placing his thumb on the scale when weighing meat, to falsely increase the meat's weight and therefore charge the customer more money for the product. read more

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