flimflam

Example Sentences

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He's almost certainly lying about that, of course, but this rhetorical flimflam is still quite revealing.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2023

His delivery is so engaged with Eddie’s flimflam and high jinx, it is almost impossible to believe that he — or at least his voice — was not a player.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

There had been a few flimflam sales, searches for phantom titles, earnest-money payments to cabin squatters.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

His sharp eye for the flimflam renews our enchantment, as in this description of a hotel lobby:

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2021

He just as quick snatched it away and said, “I told you you were going to watch this. You can learn about how a flimflam works.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis