Flim-flam
//ˈflɪmflæm//
"Flim-flam" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.
Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.
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