Flashman
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A slick salesman or spin doctor.
"A flashman just naturally tried to promote and show- off his company at every opportunity. Wasn't that what sales-PR was all about? Even the police departments engaged flashmen."
- 2 A pimp. obsolete
"Are not your favourite friends horn-boys and flashmen —"
- 3 A woman's boyfriend. obsolete
"Her flashman, in her estimation, is ten times handsomer, certainly more acceptable."
- 4 Someone who distracts the target of a thief; a confidence trickster. obsolete
""Stop your jaw, or I'll stop it for you, and teach you another time to know a gentleman from a flashman.""
Example
More examples"A flashman just naturally tried to promote and show- off his company at every opportunity. Wasn't that what sales-PR was all about? Even the police departments engaged flashmen."
Etymology
From flash + -man.
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