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flimflam

SL ความ หลอกลวง  การ หลอกลวง  kwam-lok-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLIMFLAM

n.A freak; a trick.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLIMFLAM

Flim "flam, n. Etym: [Cf. Flam. ]

 

Defn: A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flimflam

flim flam |ˈflimˌflam ˈflɪmˌflæm | informal noun nonsensical or insincere talk: I suppose that you suspect me of pseudointellectual flimflam. a confidence game: flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials. verb ( flimflams, flimflamming, flimflammed ) [ with obj. ] swindle (someone ) with a confidence game: the tribe was flimflammed out of its land. DERIVATIVES flim flam mer noun, flim flam mer y |-ˌflamərē |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: symbolic reduplication.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flimflam

flimflam |ˈflɪmflam | informal noun 1 [ mass noun ] nonsensical or insincere talk: pseudo-intellectual flimflam. 2 a confidence trick: flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials. verb ( flimflams, flimflamming, flimflammed ) [ with obj. ] swindle (someone ) with a confidence trick: the tribe was flimflammed out of its land. DERIVATIVES flimflammer noun, flimflammery noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: symbolic reduplication.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flimflam

flim flam /flɪ́mflæ̀m / (!⦅くだけて やや古 ⦆) 名詞 U C ばかげたこと ; でたらめ ; いんちき, ごまかし .動詞 s ; med ; ming 他動詞 〈人 〉をぺてんにかける, だます .