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frammises

frammises is the plural of frammis.

Meaning of frammis

Noun

frammis (plural frammises)

  1. (US, slang) Synonym of gizmo.
    • Right now all his spare time is spent at Moseleys, roller skating for hours on end. "Foozle the frammis snaffle," says Bob, "or don't you like it?"1938, The Year Book of the Class of 1938: Dedham High School, page 33, column 1
    Synonyms:
    gizmo
  2. (US, slang) A confidence trick; a swindle.
    • And what they added up to was curtains - for him. He'd really stepped into something this time: a Grade-A jam, an honest-to-Hannah, double-distilled frammis.1957 May, Jim Thompson, Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine, page 18, column 1

Questions about frammises

What is frammises the plural of?
Frammises is the plural of frammis.

Words near frammises in the dictionary

  1. framires
  2. framis
  3. Framlingham
  4. Framlingham East
  5. frammis
  6. frammises
  7. frampel
  8. frampold
  9. Frampton
  10. Frampton Cotterell
  11. Frampton Mansell

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