flim-flam
Frequently Asked Questions
- From the moment I answered the phone I could tell it was a flim-flam.
- There is no shortage of movies about flim-flam artists using their skills of deception to steal from bad guys.
- It’s a bit harder to flim-flam me, you amateur! Hey, where’s my wallet?
- What a load of flim-flam—absolute codswallop!
Example Sentences
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He also suggests it employs "flim-flam artists" who were dragging the process out and burying the scheme in bureaucracy, while dismissing suggestions on how to speed matters up.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
Only then, when he has excoriated all of the "flim-flam" and removed the "fat off of the bones," does he believe that the song is once and truly written.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2021
According to the complaint, he asked Farranto, who was a Waffle House waitress, if she was the “waffle woman” who liked to sue people and called her a “scam flim-flam artist.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2021
Fond of foil, flim-flam, a marina drama, an alarm, a fail.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2020
Look here," said Wilbur deliberately; "don't you try to flim-flam us, Charlie.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Norris, Frank