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

You can no longer flimflam an aura of general righteousness.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

As the focus of the story shifts to their dangerous flimflam, “Nightmare Alley” loses a bit of steam.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021

My blood ran cold thinking ’bout how this boy thought this was all a flimflam, and now he’d gone and let this horrible-looking man snatch ahold of his soul!

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis