flimflam en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈflɪmflæm/
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of flim-flam.
alt of flim-flam
Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.
2025 November 22, David Frum, “Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flimflams | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
nl zwendel (Translations) · pl przekręt (Translations) · nl bedrog (Translations) · pl szwindel (Translations) · nl afzetterij (Translations)