FLIMFLAM

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

(noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flimflam (countable and uncountable, plural flimflams)

Nonsense.

Deception.

Verb

flimflam (third-person singular simple present flimflams, present participle flimflamming, simple past and past participle flimflammed)

To swindle or cheat.

Source: Wiktionary


Flim"flam, n. Etym: [Cf. Flam.]

Definition: A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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