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Swindle of reversible rainwear? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scam

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'swindle' is the definition.
(I know that swindle can be written as scam)

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(Other definitions for scam that I've seen before include "Screw" , "fiddle" , "A modern kind of swindle" , "An informal swindle" , "Swindle, fraud (colloq.)" .)

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