Definition of Flimflammer

1. Noun. A swindler; a con artist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flimflammer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flimflammer

flighting
flightless
flightless bird
flightlessly
flightlessness
flightpath
flightpaths
flights
flightseeing
flightworthy
flighty
flim
flim-flam
flimflam
flimflammed
flimflammer (current term)
flimflammeries
flimflammers
flimflammery
flimflamming
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flimp
flimped
flimping
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flims
flimsier
flimsies
flimsiest
flimsily

Literary usage of Flimflammer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office by Arthur Cheney Train (1908)
"The tip went abroad that the city was "good graft" for everybody, and in the train of the "wire- tappers" thronged the "flimflammer," "confidence man," ..."

2. The Practical Politician: A Digest of Ready Information as to the by Scipio Africanus Kenner (1892)
"flimflammer. A juggler with ballots; one who changes votes by clever manipulation. Floor. One who is addressing the chair by right has the floor. ..."

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