shammer

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As the Austrian criminologist Hans Gross wrote: “The shammer, when he thinks no one is looking, casts a swift and scrutinizing glance on the Investigating Officer to see whether or not he believes him.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2012

No. 1 shammer in the past of U. S. cities, he returns from each exploration with a rich scum of superlatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sham is often so perfect an image of the reality that even the shammer is deceived.

From Power Through Repose by Call, Annie Payson

"He's quite right, sir," said Harry Girdwood, "you are inimitable as a shammer."

From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Hemyng, Bracebridge

After examining Sergeant Mock's feet for twenty minutes, and testing the skin as well, he pronounced Mock a shammer.

From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)