long firm

noun

Etymology

* Perhaps from the idea that such a firm (company) would claim to have been established for a long time. * Perhaps from Old English gelang (“fraudulent”) and Italian firma (“signature”).

borrowed from firma — “signature”
inherited from gelang — “fraudulent”

Definitions

A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and…
A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for long firm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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