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flimflammed

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flim⋅flam

  [flim-flam] noun, verb, -flammed, -flam⋅ming. Informal.
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–noun
1. a trick or deception, esp. a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.
–verb (used with object)
3. to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.
Origin:
1530–40; gradational compound of expressive orig.

Related forms:
flimflammer, noun
flim⋅flam⋅mer⋅y, noun
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flim·flam   (flĭm'flām')   
n.  

  1. Nonsense; humbug.

  2. A deception; a swindle.

tr.v.   flim·flammed, flim·flam·ming, flim·flams
To swindle; cheat.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
flim'flam'mer n., flim'flam'mer·y n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
flimflam [ˈflɪmflæm]

  1. n.
    a confidence trick or deception. : The whole business sounds like a bit of flimflam to me.
  2. n.
    nonsense; deception. : Beware of the flimflam they will try to pull on you.
  3. tv. & in.
    to cheat or deceive (someone). : Don't try to flimflam me. I wasn't born yesterday, you know.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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