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flimflam

Pronunciation: /ˈflɪmflam/
informal
Definition of flimflam

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] nonsensical or insincere talk:pseudo-intellectual flimflam
  • 2a confidence trick:flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials

verb (flimflams, flimflamming, flimflammed)

[with object]
  • swindle (someone) with a confidence trick:the tribe was flimflammed out of its land

Derivatives

flimflammer

noun

flimflammery

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication

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Definition of flimflam in the US English dictionary

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