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gold-dropper

gold-dropper noun: a con artist who operates a classic confidence trick involving the fraudster purposely dropping a supposedly valuable gold coin (or a fake purse of money) where a passerby would find it.

Noun

gold-dropper (plural gold-droppers)

  1. (historical, slang) A con artist who operates a classic confidence trick involving the fraudster purposely dropping a supposedly valuable gold coin (or a fake purse of money) where a passerby would find it.

Forms of gold-dropper

pluralgold-droppers

Questions about gold-dropper

What does gold-dropper mean?
Gold-dropper means a con artist who operates a classic confidence trick involving the fraudster purposely dropping a supposedly valuable gold coin (or a fake purse of money) where a passerby would find it.
What part of speech is gold-dropper?
Gold-dropper is a noun.
What is the plural of gold-dropper?
The plural of gold-dropper is gold-droppers.

Words near gold-dropper in the dictionary

  1. gold-diggings
  2. gold-digs
  3. gold-dredger
  4. gold-dredging
  5. gold-driver
  6. gold-dropper
  7. gold-droppers
  8. gold-dug
  9. gold-dust
  10. gold-dusty
  11. gold-fever

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