four-flusher
Example Sentences
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He should be unmasked as the four-flusher he really is.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, for the last two hours you've been sitting with that 'just-break-the-news-to mother' expression of yours, and paying no more heed to my cheerful brand of conversation than if I had been a measly four-flusher.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
William bore himself tolerably well, until he was told that he knew as much about baseball as a hog's foot, and was, without doubt, the sassiest "four-flusher" in the city of Toronto.
From William Adolphus Turnpike by Banks, William
If an employe is a sluggard or a four-flusher, he may be sure these things will be found out and he cannot hope for advancement.
From Dollars and Sense by Hunter, William Crosbie
The only time a four-flusher pays off is when he hits a new town.
From Kid Scanlan by Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
