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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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