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flim-flam

flim-flam

See also: flimflam

English

Noun

flim-flam (plural flim-flams) (Not recorded with this spelling in major dictionaries; usually spelled flimflam.)

  1. Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
    Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.
  2. confidence game, con game
  3. (archaic) table tennis

Derived terms

  • flim-flam man: Confidence trickster
  • flam

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:nonsense

References

  1. flim-flam” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).