flimflammer

English

Etymology

From flimflam +‎ -er.

Noun

flimflammer (plural flimflammers)

1. A swindler; a con artist.
   • 2008 June 29, Louisa Thomas, “Violent Love”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And “The Real McCoy” turned the story of the famous boxer Kid McCoy into the tall yet intimate tale of a flimflammer who slugged and conned his way to notoriety at the turn of the 20th century.