"sell someone a bill of goods" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1953 June 16, “McCarran Raps Ike Speech at Dartmouth”, in Rome News-Tribune, US, retrieved 2009-06-21, page 3:",
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          "text": "Bill O'Reilly, of the Fox News Channel, has called on the President to admit that the CIA sold him a bill of goods and to fire the agency's director.",
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        "To deceive or cheat someone."
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        "(idiomatic) To deceive or cheat someone."
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