flim

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English

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Noun

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flim (plural flims)

  1. Clipping of flim-flam (confidence trick).

Jamaican Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English film.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪm/
  • Hyphenation: flim

Noun

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flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim)

  1. film
    Tek out di flim outta di camera.
    Take the film out of the camera.
    • 2009, Richard Koss, Giamaica (in Italian), →ISBN, page 348:
      “I giamaicani spesso invertono l'ordine delle lettere o le cambiano, dicendo per esempio flim al posto di 'film', o cerfiticket invece di 'certificate' (certificato). []
      Jamaicans often invert the order of letters or change them, saying, for example, flim instead of 'film', or cerfiticket instead of certificate []

See also

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Middle English

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Noun

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flim

  1. Alternative form of flum