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flimflam

  • /ˈflɪmflæm/

noun flimflams

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of flim-flam Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.

verb flimflams · flimflamming · flimflammed

  1. To swindle or cheat.

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@misc{flimflam_2026,
  title = {flimflam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flimflam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}