Thesaurus / con
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“Chaplet”—a wreath or garland signed for by him in his ambitious hopes—expresses his birth-date by Con.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)Mister Public is further deceived in believing that the 'con man' who has a pitch nearby is connected with the enterprise.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYThere was a large collection of ladies, amongst whom were two of the most celebrated in the capital—Seora Maria Con.
THE EXPEDITIONS OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE, VOLUME II (OF 3)ELLIOTT COUESCapella is lo-cat-ed in the con-stell-a-tion which you call Auriga.
JUBILATION, U.S.A.G. L. VANDENBURGCon them over a few times, and they will turn into letters of light.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 57, NO. 356, JUNE, 1845VARIOUSCon., oh, Con., you don't think—you can't think that she loved that—that beast?
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCHI drank hard all that day after they told me, Con., but not one drop since; not one.
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCHNo, Con., that's of no use, I should know myself for a liar all the time.
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCHNow, Con., my father thinks you infallible, and you can do anything with Frank.
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCHThe four interior figures, viz., 9091 is a clear case of Con.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)WORDS RELATED TO CON
- ambiguity
- amphiboly
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- runaround
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
- adulterates
- belies
- changes
- colors
- cons
- contorts
- contradicts
- contravenes
- cooks
- counterfeits
- deacons
- deceives
- denies
- distorts
- doctors
- dresses up
- embroiders
- equivocates
- exaggerates
- fakes
- fakes it
- fibs
- forges
- four-flushes
- frames up
- garbles
- glosses
- lies
- misquotes
- misstates
- palters
- perverts
- phony up
- prevaricates
- promotes
- puts on an act
- salts
- tamper with
- traverses
- trumps up
- twists
- warps
- adulterate
- belie
- change
- color
- con
- contort
- contradict
- contravene
- cook
- counterfeit
- deacon
- deceive
- deny
- distort
- doctor
- dress up
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fake
- fake it
- fib
- forge
- four-flush
- frame up
- garble
- gloss
- lie
- misquote
- misstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- prevaricate
- promote
- put on an act
- salt
- tamper with
- traverse
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulate
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- get next to
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- oil
- overpraise
- play up to
- praise
- rub the right way
- salve
- sell
- snow
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- toady
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- bleeding
- burning
- cheating
- clipping
- conning
- cozening
- defrauding
- despoiling
- flimflaming
- gouging
- hustling
- jerk around
- milking
- mulcting
- overcharging
- plucking
- rifling
- ripping off
- robbing
- rooking
- rope in
- running a game on
- selling a bill of goods
- shafting
- stripping
- swindling
- taking for a ride
- taking to the cleaners
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