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[ˈflɪmflam], (Noun)
Definitions:
- nonsensical or insincere talk
(e.g: pseudo-intellectual flimflam)
- a confidence trick
(e.g: flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication
[ˈflɪmflam], (Verb)
Definitions:
- swindle (someone) with a confidence trick
(e.g: the tribe was flimflammed out of its land)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication
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