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Chiseler

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who uses a chisel for carving.
  2. 2
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud wordnet
  3. 3
    A cheat; a swindler; a con artist. informal

    "[Of course $20,000 is too much.] Only a cheap chiseler would ask that much."

  4. 4
    A child. Ireland, informal

    "--Reuben and the son were piking it down the quay next the river on their way to the Isle of Man boat and the young chiseller suddenly got loose and over the wall with him into the Liffey."

Etymology

From chisel + -er.

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