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Definition of Four-flusher

1. Noun. A person who tries to bluff other people.

Definition of Four-flusher

1. Noun. (slang) A lowly, disreputable cheat or fraudster, especially at cards, especially a dull or unimaginative one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-flusher

Literary usage of Four-flusher

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

1. Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections and a by William Lorimer, Julius Caesar Burrows (1910)
"A. I think possibly that I called Wayman a four flusher that time; yes, sir. Q. Didn't you say that Wayman, the State's attorney, was a four flusher if he ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"... "The Girl Question," by John W. Harding: also, "The Four Flusher," by John Edward Hazzard. They have in preparation a new novel by Arthur Hornblow, ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"I don't need you; I don't care for you; I think you're a renegade four- flusher, bluffing on no pair, and if I had known what a nasty little old woman you ..."

4. The Legalized Outlaw by Samuel R. Artman (1908)
"He was styled, "A legal non-entity;" "An anarchist;" "A judicial lunatic;" "A four-flusher;" "An inciter of disrespect for the courts;" "A panderer to mob ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... he will use the word "four- flusher" from the language of the professional poker-player, and he will use the slang expressions "deal," "walk-over" and ..."

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