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[T]his was about the oldest trick in the book. You pretend you have something . . . and you go fishing.
—Stephen Jones, Others Unknown (2001)
My informant relaxed, having fallen for the oldest trick in the book—the one about pretending you know more than you do.
—Rosemary Edghill, Bell, Book and Murder (1998)
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