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flashmen

flashmen is the plural of flashman.

Meaning of flashman

Noun

flashman (plural flashmen)

  1. A slick salesman or spin doctor.
    • A flashman just naturally tried to promote and show- off his company at every opportunity. Wasn't that what sales-PR was all about? Even the police departments engaged flashmen.1988, Amazing Stories
  2. (obsolete) A pimp.
    • Are not your favourite friends horn-boys and flashmen —1818, William Hone, “Interview with Marquiz Boudoir”, in The Three Trials of William Hone, for Publishing Three Parodies: Viz. the Late John Wilkes's Catechism, the Political Litany, and the...
  3. (obsolete) A woman's boyfriend.
    • Her flashman, in her estimation, is ten times handsomer, certainly more acceptable.1819, London, The London Guide, and Stranger's Safeguard, Etc. (Second Edition.)., page 125
  4. (obsolete) Someone who distracts the target of a thief; a confidence trickster.
    • "Stop your jaw, or I'll stop it for you, and teach you another time to know a gentleman from a flashman."1841, Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, page 186

Questions about flashmen

What is flashmen the plural of?
Flashmen is the plural of flashman.

Words near flashmen in the dictionary

  1. flashline
  2. flashlines
  3. flashlit
  4. flashly
  5. flashman
  6. flashmen
  7. flashmeter
  8. flashmeters
  9. flashmob
  10. flashmobber
  11. flashmobbers

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