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flimflammer

flimflammer noun: a swindler; a con artist.

Noun

flimflammer (plural flimflammers)

  1. A swindler; a con artist.
    • And “The Real McCoy” turned the story of the famous boxer Kid McCoy into the tall yet intimate tale of a flimflammer who slugged and conned his way to notoriety at the turn of the 20th century.2008 June 29, Louisa Thomas, “Violent Love”, in New York Times

Forms of flimflammer

pluralflimflammers

Origin of flimflammer

From flimflam + -er.

Questions about flimflammer

What does flimflammer mean?
Flimflammer means a swindler; a con artist.
What part of speech is flimflammer?
Flimflammer is a noun.
What is the plural of flimflammer?
The plural of flimflammer is flimflammers.

Words near flimflammer in the dictionary

  1. flim-flam
  2. flim-flams
  3. Flimby
  4. flimflam
  5. flimflammed
  6. flimflammer
  7. flimflammeries
  8. flimflammers
  9. flimflammery
  10. flimflamming
  11. flimflams

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