Flimflammer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A swindler; a con artist.
"And “The Real McCoy” turned the story of the famous boxer Kid McCoy into the tall yet intimate tale of a flimflammer who slugged and conned his way to notoriety at the turn of the 20th century."
Example
More examples"And “The Real McCoy” turned the story of the famous boxer Kid McCoy into the tall yet intimate tale of a flimflammer who slugged and conned his way to notoriety at the turn of the 20th century."
Etymology
From flimflam + -er.
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