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four-flushers

four-flushers is the plural of four-flusher.

Meaning of four-flusher

Noun

four-flusher (plural four-flushers)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) A lowly, disreputable cheat or fraudster, especially at cards, especially a dull or unimaginative one.
    • That four-flusher shoot himself? Not a chance.1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, New York: Knopf, →OL

Questions about four-flushers

What is four-flushers the plural of?
Four-flushers is the plural of four-flusher.

Words near four-flushers in the dictionary

  1. four-eyes
  2. four-fifths
  3. four-flush
  4. four-flushed
  5. four-flusher
  6. four-flushers
  7. four-flushes
  8. four-flushing
  9. four-fold
  10. four-foot
  11. four-footed

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