Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flimflam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flimflam \Flim"flam\, n. [Cf. {Flam}.]
A freak; a trick; a lie. --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flimflam
n : a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco
game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick},
{confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {sting}]
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