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flimflam
[ flim-flam ]
noun
- a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.
verb (used with object)
- to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat:
A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.
flimflam
/ ˈflɪmˌflæm /
noun
- nonsense; foolishness
- ( as modifier )
flimflam arguments
- a deception; swindle
verb
- tr to deceive; trick; swindle; cheat
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Derived Forms
- ˈflimˌflammer, noun
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Other Words From
- flimflammer noun
- flimflammer·y noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flimflam1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.
But that means they would have to dismiss his words as typical political flimflam.
I tried my darndest to flimflam the information out of him, but it was no use.
He saw that modern financial ingenuity has found a way to flimflam the devil himself.
As long as there is plenty of flimflam to distract the viewer.
A flimflam offer by a theologian of inchoate title to improved real estate in the Sky for real estate, rentals and cash on Earth.
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