con job
Use Con job in a sentencecon job
noun Informal.
1.
an act or instance of duping or swindling.
2.
an act or instance of lying or talking glibly to convince others or get one's way.
Origin:
1950–55
1950–55
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Con job
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
Again, it was a total con job on the nuclear energy industry.
Blocking dissenting views is a sure way to add to the feeling that this could be a con job.
In my view, the bankruptcy con job is nearly as irresponsible as the schemes that dug us into a financial hole in the first place.
If anyone else pulled this type of con job they would be in jail.
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