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sham⋅mer

  [sham-er]
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–noun
a person who shams.
Origin:
1670–80; sham + -er 1
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sham   (shām)   
n.  

  1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.

  2. The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense.

  3. One who assumes a false character; an impostor: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).

  4. A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it: a pillow sham.

adj.  Not genuine; fake: sham diamonds; sham modesty.
v.   shammed, sham·ming, shams

v.   tr.
To put on the false appearance of; feign: "shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone" (John Wain).
v.   intr.
To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.

[Perhaps dialectal variant of shame.]
sham'mer n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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