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A person who makes deceitful pretenses
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shammer
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity [syn: malingerer , skulker ] a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter , impostor , pretender , fake , faker , fraud , sham , pseudo , pseud , role player ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person who shams; a liar
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shammer is a small village beside the village of Kilkelly in County Mayo, Ireland .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shammer \Sham"mer\, n. One who shams; an impostor. --Johnson.
Usage examples of shammer.
He lived in the streets for most of his life, starting as a pudding shammer and eventually acquiring his own gang of ten.
The only textbook cases are in textbooks, and we were told in college to be leery of any so-called textbook case because it might be a shammer, don't you know.