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flimflam
noun- nonsense, pretentious or deceptive nonsense UK, 1546
In conventional use until late C19. - [Cat Power] has transcended the faddishness of music trends to remain a true voice among so much flimflam. — X-Ray, p. 23, August 2003
- a swindle involving a supposedly lost wallet supposedly found on the ground near the victim US
- This is one of the oldest of the confidence games; and was called “pigeon-trapping” in years gone by, but is usually called the flimflam these days. — W.M. Tucker, The Change Raisers, p. 24, 1960
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