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   foist

   /fɔɪst/

   verb

   • 1. impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on: "she had no desire to have an elderly relative foisted on her" Similar imposeforcethrustoffloadunloaddumppalm offfob offshift on topass offget rid ofsaddle someone withland someone withburden someone withlumber someone with

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘palm a false die, so as to produce it at the right moment’): from Dutch dialect vuisten ‘take in the hand’, from vuist (see fist).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • O

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   • I

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