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flimflam

[ flim-flam ]

noun

  1. a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
  2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.


verb (used with object)

flimflammed, flimflamming.
  1. to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat:

    A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.

flimflam

/ ˈ´Ú±ôɪ³¾ËŒ´Ú±ôæ³¾ /

noun

    1. nonsense; foolishness
    2. ( as modifier )

      flimflam arguments

  1. a deception; swindle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to deceive; trick; swindle; cheat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ú±ô¾±³¾ËŒ´Ú±ô²¹³¾³¾±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú±ô¾±³¾î€ƒf±ô²¹³¾î€…m±ð°ù noun
  • ´Ú±ô¾±³¾î€ƒf±ô²¹³¾î€…m±ð°ù·y noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flimflam1

First recorded in 1530–40; gradational compound of expressive origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flimflam1

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse ´Ú±ôÄ«³¾ mockery, Norwegian flire to giggle
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America was largely founded on greed, exemplified by land-grabs, gold rushes and real estate flimflams, not to mention the institution of slavery.

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He's almost certainly lying about that, of course, but this rhetorical flimflam is still quite revealing.

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When the then-president tried to flimflam him with misleading statistics at one point, Swan replied with precision, detail and follow-up.

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“They were dying off,†Whitehead writes, “the old crooks and hustlers and flimflam artists, or upstate after an ill-advised scheme to cover medical bills or six months’ back pay or new teeth.â€

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But in characteristic fashion, she’s refused to acknowledge defeat, filing a lawsuit — since thrown out of court — and widely peddling false claims about voter fraud and other conspiratorial flimflam.

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