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fourflusher

fourflusher is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of fourflusher

pluralfourflushers

Questions about fourflusher

What is fourflusher the alternative spelling of?
Fourflusher is the alternative spelling of four-flusher.

Words near fourflusher in the dictionary

  1. fourchée
  2. fourdrinier
  3. fourdriniers
  4. foure
  5. foureyed
  6. fourflusher
  7. fourflushers
  8. fourfold
  9. fourfolded
  10. fourfolding
  11. fourfoldness

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