flimflam

Example Sentences

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"There was a lot of flimflam with him. He conned me pretty good."

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2022

His delivery is so engaged with Eddie’s flimflam and high jinx, it is almost impossible to believe that he — or at least his voice — was not a player.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

It’s not apparent that their offering is any more flimflam than that of other brands.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 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